30 Days of Poetry: Day 14: HER
Day 14: Her In honor of Beltane, this word was taken from The New Lexicon Webster's Dictionary, pg. 896, found in a paragraph under the word Scotland. Also, wonderfully enough, the Samhain festival I allude to in this poem was in Scotland. Sometimes the Universe just works that way. Her and Him The presence of Her waking up all around me sweetens the air and sends bird song on the wind Her footfalls leave dandelion trails and her breath I discover is my breath deep and settled May Day, May Day awaken what has slept! Handfast the Ying and Yang of my heart and bring them not to rest but into a dance swirling through my blood and bone feeding the muscles in my calves leaping surging through my shoulders and arms shooting love from fingertips Beltane, Beltane! Make what was seperate Whole! I go not with the seasons; Joined hands with my lo...