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