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

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

THANK GODDESS

Goddess of the woodland glen
I would thank you once again
For the great tenacity
With which these years you've hunted me

Since early days spent as a child
I felt the calling of the Wild
Though had not thought nor rhyme nor word
To know it was your voice I heard

As Tarzan, Crockett, Daniel Boone
I hunted lion, bear, and coon
Never guessing in my play
That it was me who was the prey

Now grown I walk the wildwood
In guise of modern Robin Hood
Grateful that the hunt is done
And that you've claimed me as your son

Lady, speaking as your game,
Hear me as I praise your name
And bless my Argent Archer's art
By which your arrow found my heart.

~September 6, 2009

O LADY

O Lady of the Silver Bow
I wish to follow where you go.
What joyfullness your presence brings!
Teach me of the wild things.

O Lady of the Silver Moon
Your light doth cause my heart to swoon!
And in the rhytm of the tides
My virgin spirit's song abides.

O Lady of the Siver Way
With you I long to roam and play!
To dance with faery, gnome, and elf,
To know my wild, authentic self!

~November 6, 2009

ARTEMIS PRAYER

Lady of the Moon
Bringer of the Light
Grant your daughter clarity of mind and surety of foot
Guide her well upon her path

Lady of the Silver Bow
Protector of Women
Grant your daughter safety and wholeness of mind, body, and soul
Guard her well upon her path

Lady of the Wilds
Virgin Huntress
Grant your daughter ease, effortlessness, and gentle harmony
Soothe her well upon her path

Artemis Lokhia
Beloved Goddess
Smile upon your daughter
Oversee her rite of passage
Welcome her into Motherhood
Watch over her always

Blessed Be

~June 27, 2008