She - A Poem in Praise of Priestesshood

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The Bottom Line Original copyright 4/23/2006 I used a syllabic pattern based on the Fibonacci Number Sequence

SHE

by Mama Kelly a.k.a. Jiastar


she
stands
on earth
grass beneath
her toes now damp with
a May morning’s sparkling dew

she
stands
watching
the sun rise
the sky shifting from
grey to pink purple tangerine

she
smiles
once the
sun rises o’er
the swaying treetops
waking blossoms fragrance the breeze

she
walks
returns
home where love
and family wait
laughter drifts on honey glazed air

she
hopes
that the
sun’s warmth will
thaw her frozen heart
letting Power run through her veins

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This poem was written during a particularly dark night of the soul. My inspiration is the character of Morgaine in the Marion Zimmer classic The Mists of Avalon and how she finds herself at a place where she can no longer feel the Power that she once could and realized that she could no longer claim the title of Priestess honestly.

It is a place that I find myself in both then and now though I am striving for a better brighter tomorrow.

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