10 Cauac
Dismembered am I
like Osiris
Parts of me scattered
O’er Land and Sea
A Lineage of Gods
And Goddesses
Precedes and supersedes me---
Dionysus, Orpheus---
Every sacred King
Where is my Beloved?
Is he gone forever?
Is he willing to re-collect
Me Piece by Piece?
Re-member me, my blessed Twin---
Redeem me out of Chaos
Into Order---
Into Peace!
©Kleomichele Leeds
9 Etznab
White Solar
Mirror
(Museum Mycenae)
Golden earrings
Bracelets---Rings
Tissue thin
Pendants---Diadems
Inlaid with Jasper---
Red Carnelian
Vases---Bowls---Cups---
Sacred Vessels
vibrate
With ancient Symbols---
Shells---Spirals---wild
Goats
Great Bulls---Cuttlefish
Rosettes---Chariots
Dolphins leaping
Marble Goddesses---
Fresh white Flesh---
Alabaster Arms
akimbo---
Smooth---unbowed
Though Ten Thousand
Years they hold.
©Kleomichele Leeds
8 Caban
Red
Galactic Earth
Flown the Arrow from the Bow---
Gone the small white Stone
Into a Strongman’s Forehead---
America removes
Coils of Limitation, Cruelty---
War and Mayhem fade---
She rejects Repeats of History
Fascism---Corruption---Bigotry
An adolescent Nation ripens---
Evolution races like the Stone---
Shock---Torpor----and Despair lift---
Conviction defeats the Unthinkable---
Action takes a Turn and stark---
The Stone finds well its Mark
Consciousness rises with the Sun
Division and Evil die in Washington.
©Kleomichele Leeds - 2019
7 Cib
Yellow Resonant Warrior
“Cinderella”
I mop and sweep
I dust and weep
I scour, scrub and fill the Pail
I polish the Knives and Spoons and
Forks---
I’m thin and pale
From Overwork!
I wipe and wash
I dry and try
To make my rough Hands soft
I clean and iron
I hustle and bustle
To chase the Dirt away---
I am tired and mired
In Cobwebs and Motes
Floating in vacuumed Air---
I clean the Silver
Hang out the Wash
I bleach and then
Reach for More---
I straighten the Rugs
And change the Sheets---
Fluffing and folding---
Keeping Mice at bay
Wait!---did I say Mice?
Hooray!
My Coach is on the way.
©Kleomichele Leeds
6 Men
Blue Rhythmic Eagle
Gentle Breezes
Float on Pine---
Which Alchemy refines
to subtle Music---
Thrumming Whispers humming
Make audible the Air---
Nature’s Instrument the Tree---
Exquisite String and Bow
Singing up to Heaven
The Glory here below.
©Kleomichele Leeds
5
Ix
White
Overtone Wizard
Thou art liquid Crystal rising---
Animated prism’d Rain
I am warm and flaming Fire
Burning in your watery Bower---
In tandem, do we represent
Extremes of Nature
Opposites in Temperament---
A Union most phenomenal
This wondrous Fount and Flame---
The Central Alchemy of Godhead---
Hippocrene* by name.
*Hippocrene: the fountain (of the horse) on Mount Helicon
sacred to the Muses, engendered by a stroke of Pegasus’ hoof; source of poetic
inspiration.
©Kleomichele
Leeds
4 Ben
Red Self-Existing Skywalker
I can remember
My Soul walking before
She was crippled---lame
Limping about---
Slouching toward Bethlehem
In Grief and Pain---
Separated from Splendor
Spending Days cramped
In over-crowded Places---
In small guarded Spaces
Now Signs and Symbols shout---
Translating the Unconscious
Into Consciousness---
Crushing the overarching Power
Of the Patriarchy
To miss the Point entirely---
Oh, my waking, walking Soul---my Guide---
Let us prance and dance with Ease
Like a fat elm in a strong Breeze---
My Heart beats to the Rhythm of your Stride.
©Kleomichele Leeds
