9
Chicchan
Red
Solar Serpent
I
mine the Depths
Traveling
on Instinct---
Pulling
Rubies, Diamonds
From
the Walls---
Plucking
perfect Pearls
From
an Oyster Shell---
I
drop
Into
Realms chthonic---
Into
Realms Plutonic
Underneath
the Sea
To
Luz---the Goal---
My
Home of
Many
Mansions---
My Soul.
©Kleomichele Leeds
8 Kan
Yellow Galactic Seed
Sweet Calla---
Like a Goddess
In the Garden
Image of the Heart---
Cream in part
And golden, too---
Androgyny’s Ideal---
Your velvet Depths
Pierced by Pollen---
Bearing Stamen
Symbol of Truth
Grace embodied---
Flower of the dreaming Fields
Marker
Of Ritual and Rite---
Regal---majestic
Lily-white.
©Kleomichele Leeds
7 Akbal
Blue Resonant Night
Into my Dream
Flew a yellow Bird---
A Rose upon each Wing
The Rose was pink
And I did think it odd
This Coloring---
The Bird came close
As if to speak
In Awe I shut my Eyes---
Then I did feel
Upon my cheek
A tiny Kiss---
A precious Prize.
©Kleomichele Leeds
6 Ik
White Rhythmic Wind
Poetess
I call myself---
Lines I rhyme
Fine
Phrases do I form---
My
Thoughts evolve
In
parcèd Time
As
Rhythms sweet are born---
If
I dare
Disclose to you
A rare or radiant Verse---
You see the Light
In darkest Night---
The lifting of a Curse.
©Kleomichele Leeds
5 Imix
Within me
Peace Moves
Like a Zeitgeist
Ready to be born
In this Age of Chaos ---
The World Heart opens
To the Height of Heaven---
To the Depths of Hell
On the vast horizon of Time/ Space
Another Golden Age appears
In Hieroglyphic Grace.
©Kleomichele Leeds
4 Ahau
Yellow Self-Existing
Sun
In a Plenitude of Solitude, I sing---
Throngs of Bougainvillea stretch
Scarlet into the desert Sky---
Birdsong and Sunlight abound
Clouds sail by
Stately, serene---
Hummingbirds hover in Tangerine Trees
Lemons hang ponderous
Bountiful and free---
Gifts from the Goddesses to me.
©Kleomichele Leeds
3
Cauac
Blue
Electric Storm
Tall Trees
Slake a Thirst
Of which I’m unaware
Until there
In the midst
Of the Mist---
A Blanket of Leaves
Marks my way---
Lush Greens vibrate
Infinite in Hue---
Remarkably blue
Is the Sky---
Quietude and Solitude
My Allies strong
In the rendering of
Soothing Song.
©Kleomichele
Leeds
2 Etznab
White Lunar Mirror
To Heaven by Degree
This Moon ascends
Above the Skyline of
Earth’s Horizon---
By Nature’s vast Decree
Tonight’s Moon rises---
Her Course clear and sure
Charted---exact
From this I take Comfort
More than random---Life
More than fleeting---Joy
Sorrow---Nevermore.
©Kleomichele Leeds
1 Caban
Red Magnetic Earth
Like frozen Field
Or brittle Leaf---
I fold into my Self---
Surface Life recedes
Falls far away and deep---
Sparks fly faint and blue
Too weak for Light or Heat
Frost rustles underfoot
Grasses bend and break---
A Shroud upon myself I take---
Infinity curls within
My Shell –
Eros hides
Inside
Great granite Cliffs
Belie a Planet full of Life---
Her Crystal Core
Pulls the Moon around---
Directs the Seasons
And the Treasons
Until the Sun returns.
©Kleomichele Leeds
13 Cib
Yellow Cosmic Warrior
I stand
Sentinel
At Thresholds
Sanctifying Godseeds---
Where Word
meets World
I hold Records
holographic
Cosmic
and Akashic---
Volumes
of History galactic
Infinities
I span
Eternities
I wander
Mysteries I explore
Beyond
divine Dichotomies---
I am No
Thing
I am Now
Here
I live in
the Mythos---
Homeland of the Muses.
©Kleomichele Leeds
12 Men
Blue Crystal Eagle
My Heart is fragile
Agile in her Musing---
Full of Adhesions
Doubt, Fears, and Reasons
To withdraw---
I learned to love on a Battleground
Where volatile Mines
Were set down to trip
Me into Conformity---
I lost small Pieces of my Mind
In Hell-bent Skirmishes out of the
Blue---
Always poised to defend myself
I danced with the Devil on the Front
Lines---
Resistance sent me Underground
But the Devil claimed his Due---
I laid down my Soul in Surrender
To a Power I hardly knew---
I lost that Battle but won the War
Therein lay my Victory---
When I died to Death my Life was born
My Story began telling me.
©Kleomichele Leeds
