Roots and Branches

You’ve helped me ground into my roots

And reach into my branches

You’ve opened me to opportunities 

Of choice and taking chances. 

My Heart speaks revelations that

My Mind but listens to. 

With every fiber of my being

I declare my love for you. 

Your love does not eclipse my path - -

The vocation I am foll’wing. 

Your love brandishes wings for me

To rise to my life’s calling. 

The heights and depths I soar and plum

Seem more than I can handle

Yet you clear the doubts and dark,

Lit by a single candle. 

Now rest, I can, upon our hearts

That tame concerns infernal

For in this moment I have touched

And know this Love eternal. 

~February 18, 2025

My Dear

You are tired, worn down, burnt out, my dear
You've been sad for quite a while

You've held too much, too long, my dear
It's really not your style

You can let go the blocks you hold , my dear
Let return your smile

For every foot you step, my dear
The Universe steps a mile

~May 19, 2018

Case closed

I am ending that chapter

I am closing that door

Cuz I don't need to read

That story anymore 

The horses have bolted

That plane, it has flown

It is time to breathe now

And begin on my own. 

August 26, 2016

Thank You Grandmother

Thank you Grandmother

For beaming your love

From where you hang full

In the night sky above  

Untether your steeds

Who draw back the tide

Revealing the truths

That no longer can hide

Then bidding the Good, 

True, and Beautiful stay, 

Wash all that no longer

Serves me away

Leaving me basking 

In your silver light

Refreshed, and renewed,

And reborn on this night. 

~August 19, 2016

Waterfalls

I am dropping my resistance

I am taking down my walls

I am deconstructing all my dams

Releasing waterfalls

Whose full, total surrender

Is deafening in its flow

Of power that comes only from

Completely letting go.

Aug 11, 2017

So I Can Give You Me

I can't believe how much it hurts
My heart split open wide
I miss you so my darling
I am sick and raw inside. 
It's only a few hours more
Until I'm back with you,
But I can't sleep or concentrate 
And don't know what to do.
Am I truly worthy 
Of the love you give to me?
Please don't listen to that voice -
My inadequacy.
That voice that says, "You see?
How could she love someone like you?
You've done it now, I told you so,
This time you're truly screwed."
So this is my great sacrifice
At the altar of our love -
I burn away these feelings 
And these thoughts I'm speaking of,
Relinquishing the fallacies
I'd taken as my truth,
And the sense of worthlessness
I'd been taught in my youth. 
I give up ways of thinking
And of dowsing my own flame
So I can stand before you
Never doubtful, without shame,
Embracing full my power 
Everything I truly be,
So I can give my greatest gift -
So I can give you me. 

11, April, 2015

Blessed Aphrodite

Blessed Aphrodite will you help me understand

With the vast amount of hearts that beat at your command

Why must mine be tied to one that I may never have?

Is there not a healing spell or a heart-ache salve?

My request is not unique, you've heard this one before--

A heart broken wide open praying to be whole once more.

But my case is different, there is no unrequited love,

I've never known another whose heart fit mine like a glove

My heart is truly hers and here's the thing M'lady dear

I feel her heart is surely mine, she is my Guinevere.

So then the question still remains -- Whose heart took cupid's shot?

Does this make me Arthur or am I Sir Lancelot?

For to another she is bound and honor shan't allow

My crossing over any line to compromise her vow

So, though fanning the spark of hope may simply seem unwise

Her words may speak of love for him, yet touches not her eyes

By contrast when she greets me I watch her whole face beam

And when we speak of future plans, her tear drops tend to stream

I know I have no say in the affairs twixt her and mate

I also know that I must do more than just sit and wait.

Please tell me dear Goddess what it is that I must do

For the sake of Honor, Love, the Beautiful, the True?

Dear one, do not close your heart to larger frames of Love
For you can not imagine the wonders I am cap'ble of
On scales and from perspectives that would make your sweet heart spin
But always then brought home at last to rest in you again.
Challenges may well arise to make the heart grow strong
But does this conflict you describe not hint thy path is wrong?

The love you seek is free flowing, 'gainst which obstacles fall,

But this is not an obstacle, dear heart you've hit a wall. 

And isn't that tremendous news? You know where not to go. 

It really is that easy,  just surrender to the flow
For if there's too much effort, here's the lesson you must learn:

Love must be received, it is nothing you can earn.

So relax and trust, my love, thy boat within the stream

For soon this love will carry you to everything you dream. 

Started 2012ish

Finished 22 Jan, 2015

Holding Up The Sky

I hold your heart with open hands

In case it needs to fly

And if it needs to spread its wings

I'll be holding up the sky

And if my wishes resonate

With those of the Divine

When comes the time, your heart to roost

Return it will to mine

~January 13, 2015

I CAN'T BECAUSE

I can't sleep because
My heart is pounding
And I can't breathe because
I feel I'm drowning
    In a river I can't see
    What the heck's come over me?

I can't eat because
My tummy's funny
And I can't weep because
The sky is sunny
    Even though there might be rain
    It shines ever in my brain

I can't think because
My head is fuzzy
That thing she said
What did it mean and was she
    Serious, I think,
    Or did she text it with a wink?

But wait I'm calming and my pulse is slowing
My mind is drifting and to sleep I'm going
And in my dreams I see a figure blowing
    A kiss, for goodness sake!
    And suddenly I'm wide awake!

And I can't sleep because...

~January 3, 2015

GOD-MOTHER FAE

I think I half-remember you
In the shadows of my dreams.
Memories not of this one
But another world it seems.

A realm flowing with laughter,
Dancing lights and... Were there wings?
A music filled magickal place
In which my essence sings.

And so I sing your praises and
I thank and bless the day
You gathered up my soul and became
My God-Mother Fae.

~3 September, 2014

SPLENDIFEROUSLY

I don't know if I'm s'pose to
But I know you know it's true
Despite the inconvenience
You know I do love you

I'm not saying "forever"
Or even, "We were meant to be"
All I know is when we are,
We are splendiferously

~21, December, 2013

PHOENIX FLAME

By ferocious feathered Phoenix flame

Over the world I roar my name

And all I am I boldly claim

Forever me, never the same

Reborn by fires too wild to tame

~September, 12, 2013

Druid's Duel

I recently got a message from someone in the form of a Druid's Duel, answering the question of "Who am I?" in poetic verse rather than just your name. This was my reply...

Sidhe, I am not though my path wends nearby
I am cloven hooves lightly prancing o'er earthen dale
I am innocence untamed, wild and free
I am the light of Truth radiating from the hearts of all who behold me
I am purity of moonlit, falling snow
I am bard, crafter of words and speaker of tales
I am artist, arranger of line and form
I am he of the single horn, ever spiraling toward the gods
I am Patrick

~May, 28, 2013

INDIANA LOVE SONG (to the theme from "Raiders of the Lost Ark") *updated*

Almost ten years in the making, I wrote the first couple stanzas -- the main chorus of the song --  in 1993 but always felt it needed at least one verse to go with it.  Fast forward to the present when this song is now the alarm ringtone that wakes me up every the morning (helps me start the day with a sense of adventure!) and from repeatedly singing along with it, the final part recently emerged. And so I present the newly updated version of the song~

When I'm with you

Oh my love

I'm with ev'ry-

Thing that 

I dream of

Oh my darlin'

What's to say

But I love you 

      I love you 

      I love you 

I love you Ole!

When I'm down 

And I'm feelin' blue

All I need

Is to think of you

And the sun-

Light comes shining through

Because just like that big magnificent bright burning star

You radiate that glorious light that you are

Turning night into day

No matter what obstacles lie in the way

To my heart

~April 21, 2013

BLANK

There's things I want to tell you

But my mind keeps going blank.

It seems like there's so much to say

But my vocabulary shrank.

So there's nothing left at all

And nothing left to do

But whisper in your ear again

The three words, "I love you."

~January 3, 2013

WEBSTER'S LIST

I don't think the words exist
They've fallen off of Webster's list
To tell you how I feel

But though it's difficult to start
It's the language of my heart
Will let you know it's real

~December 26, 2012

BLESSED BE THIS BLESSED LIGHT

I had the honor of playing the reborn Sun King at the Winter Solstice ritual with Gaia's Temple, and of writing and reciting the following blessing for the new era as the Mayan Calendar turned to a new cycle...

Blessed be this blessed light
Born anew this blessed night
The pangs of labor now subside
The tears of fears can now be dried
For every pain and sorrow hence
Every joy and dalliance
Was purposeful, has taken root
In you, the seeds of promised fruit
The quick'ning of humanity
The dawning age of unity
So blessed be this era bright
Blesssed be this blessed light

~Winter Solstice 2012

GREAT LADY OF THE MOON

Great Lady of the Moon
Who walks the wild lands
Rest with me a while

And hold me in your hands

Gather round your cloak

Of velvet sable night

And hunt with me the dreams

That we will bear come Vernal light

~September 28, 2009

HOW I FEEL

Once my heart reconstitutes
After melting on the floor
And once my suddenly wobb'ly knees
Become solid once more

And when my brain regains itself
So rational thought returns
And once my stomach settles down
So it no longer churns

And when all of my senses
Finally cease to reel
That's when I will get the chance
To tell you how I feel

~July 21, 2009

I'M NOT SAYING

I'm not saying "Forever"
I'm just stating how I feel
Right here in this moment
As my every wound doth heal

I'm not saying the "L" word
And all that word implies
I'm just sitting watching my heart
Soaring through the skies

The "L" word and "Forever"
May elude me at this time
But with you here, this moment
Is complete enough to rhyme.

~July 28, 2009