Layered Fragments, Becoming Whole

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Two Moons out of Three

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Cycling through deepest pain
I sit under the sky
Inky lash s t a i n s fragile skin
Nerve endings open like constellations in the night sky
Seeking safety in those fluent in stars
Not many are
A shift toward dawn light…
And the fading begins into non-existence
sensibilities that are
too soft
too deep
too loud
for an unfeeling world

Breathe

For now
bathing in a mother of pearl
Almost silver glow
Her presence s t i l l s my trembling breath
Cooling, liquid lava tear trails
The roar of simply being now…
Decibels
lower
To a serene pulse
Selene guides my hopeful eyes to hers
Kissing my forehead in a caress as if
I was the child created with her lover
If only -

Breathe

Artemis, the huntress was never called upon
for p r o t e c t i o n during the new moons of
Girlhood, a never ending night terror
Dark shadows sitting heavy on my chest
muting, gripping, encasing
Loneliness in the fear
Like an ancient song that kept playing
Frozen in time
forcing breath to

Breathe

Even as I wished to disappear

Many nights, I stared at the empty night sky
Intuitive knowing
Hecate
With her red hounds in liminal spaces
inviting her sacred number 3 to me
It came quietly over time…
It was the 3 that protects
Haunts
Sees
me into wholeness
While tethering
my mind to travel
between
life
and
death
Digging deep into hidden truths that wish to remain
buried
Like luna moths in transformation

Breath
transversing
beautiful suffering
through
words

Breathing…