Dark Heart
The heart
is a rough black stone.
A bit of star-stuff,
sooty and smoky,
scorched and burn't on its long fall to earth.
Which speaks,
in accusations:
"You'll never be pretty enough"
"You shouldn't have done that"
"You're too quick to anger, too quick to fear"
"Now look what you've done!"
The heart
beats within our lover.
Hear it:
"What a beautiful person"
"I love what my lover does"
"How graceful!"
"I adore you"
The heart
beats within you
Feel it: beating
Pulsing with life
beating
Growing quicker
beating
at your lover's touch
beating
Pumping
beating
the waters of life
beating
in each of us
Some of the dust
falls away.
The heart
Knows.
Breathe deeply,
Feel your body:
Gravity's pull
Slow breaths
Energy all about
The world felt (but unseen)
The heart
holds a bright fire.
Close your sight-eyes
And feel with your heart.
Your lover's heart:
beating
The beauty inside
pulsing
Feeding every cell
feeding
Spreading warmth
glowing
The heart
can see.
Make love, sing, and see:
yourself
reflected in your lover's caress
yourself
as the beloved sees you
yourself
in a mirror that sees no falsehood
yourself
in a way that brings no blame
yourself
as the Goddess sees you.
The heart
Can heal.
The rough-hewn heart cracks
Pieces break, slough, and tumble
Away.
The heart
Awakens.
Hold yourself,
make love,
And look in the mirror:
yourself
Beautiful
yourself
As the Goddess made you
yourself
A piece of star-stuff
yourself
fallen to earth
yourself
and brought to light.
The heart is a sparkling stone
Of polished black obsidian.
The Star Goddess saw herself
In the infinite curved black mirror of space
and fell in love
And created Miria, all of us, from that perfection
and fell in love
And from their union came the Blue God, playful
and fell in love
And from their union came the Green God, creative
and fell in love
And from their union came the Red God, passionate hunter
and fell in love
And they danced together
and fell in love
Until the whole of creation fell back into the star goddess again
and fell, in love.
Her heart, perfect, shining, black, infinite
Forged in love.
Her heart,
Is also yours.
Which fell (to earth)
In love.
(Poem written by, and posted here with the permission of, my friend, elfin.)
is a rough black stone.
A bit of star-stuff,
sooty and smoky,
scorched and burn't on its long fall to earth.
Which speaks,
in accusations:
"You'll never be pretty enough"
"You shouldn't have done that"
"You're too quick to anger, too quick to fear"
"Now look what you've done!"
The heart
beats within our lover.
Hear it:
"What a beautiful person"
"I love what my lover does"
"How graceful!"
"I adore you"
The heart
beats within you
Feel it: beating
Pulsing with life
beating
Growing quicker
beating
at your lover's touch
beating
Pumping
beating
the waters of life
beating
in each of us
Some of the dust
falls away.
The heart
Knows.
Breathe deeply,
Feel your body:
Gravity's pull
Slow breaths
Energy all about
The world felt (but unseen)
The heart
holds a bright fire.
Close your sight-eyes
And feel with your heart.
Your lover's heart:
beating
The beauty inside
pulsing
Feeding every cell
feeding
Spreading warmth
glowing
The heart
can see.
Make love, sing, and see:
yourself
reflected in your lover's caress
yourself
as the beloved sees you
yourself
in a mirror that sees no falsehood
yourself
in a way that brings no blame
yourself
as the Goddess sees you.
The heart
Can heal.
The rough-hewn heart cracks
Pieces break, slough, and tumble
Away.
The heart
Awakens.
Hold yourself,
make love,
And look in the mirror:
yourself
Beautiful
yourself
As the Goddess made you
yourself
A piece of star-stuff
yourself
fallen to earth
yourself
and brought to light.
The heart is a sparkling stone
Of polished black obsidian.
The Star Goddess saw herself
In the infinite curved black mirror of space
and fell in love
And created Miria, all of us, from that perfection
and fell in love
And from their union came the Blue God, playful
and fell in love
And from their union came the Green God, creative
and fell in love
And from their union came the Red God, passionate hunter
and fell in love
And they danced together
and fell in love
Until the whole of creation fell back into the star goddess again
and fell, in love.
Her heart, perfect, shining, black, infinite
Forged in love.
Her heart,
Is also yours.
Which fell (to earth)
In love.
(Poem written by, and posted here with the permission of, my friend, elfin.)