" La Leona " ~ Ella que vigila la entrada del Cielo

~ ~~~~ ~ 

~ ~~~~ ~

~~~~

~~

~
The Lioness ~ She who guards the entrance to the Sky
~ ~~~~ ~
~~~~
~~
~

Long ago
in an ancient land
a young woman
shaped beautiful words
weaving stories
from threads of despair

She offered
her beautiful sadness
a sacred imagination
 and crafting songs,
 incanting tales of magic
she saved her life
and the lives of those she loved

...her name was Scheherazade.
~
~ ~~~~ ~
~~~~
~~
~
~
~ ~~~~ ~
The Lioness

~~~~

~~

~

Scheherazade knows 

the Lioness - 

the one who guards the entrance

that opens the sky

The Lioness knows

a path through the clouds

that unveils the journey

and unveils our dreams

Scheherazade knows

to weep at the door

offering her tears

the Lioness will drink

the salted darkness of her grief

The Lioness knows

and knowing transforms-

the taste of beauty in sadness

 these tears become songs

this sorrow will become stories of light

Scheherazade knows

the Lioness

who guards the entrance 

to our dreams

The Lioness knows

for healing

for beauty

for love

she will open the door.

~ ~~~~ ~

~~~~

~~ 

~

~~~~
~~
~
Scheherazade enters
the sky of the Lioness
releasing
breath of grief
opening
the deep imagination
where sorrows
become wings
circling
closer
into
light.
~ ~~~~ ~
~~
~

" Imaginacion ~ El Mundo de las Sombras y la Luz"

~ ~~~~ ~

~~~~

~~

Imagination ~ The World of Shadows and Light

 ~~~~ 

~

There is union between light and darkness

 a mosaic of shadows

 edged with patterns of light

each is necessary to the other

we are not certain where one begins 

and the other ends

We must acquire a taste for deep places

that we may know the sky

and remember the nature of flight

As the world of imagination 

quietly sings to each of us

and a familiar wind opens

our secret pathways home

Clouds are painted 

into patterns of heaven

revealing stars

and prayers

and doorways

to the other world

May this prayer sing

and bring a gentle wind 

allowing flight 

returning all things

to indigo

and the breath of stars.

~ ~~~~ ~

~~~~

~~

~

~ ~~~~ ~

~~~~

~~

~

"El Jardin de la Mujer Turquesa ~ La Cancion de Colores"

~ ~~~~ ~

~~~~

~~

~

In the Garden of the Turquoise Woman
 The Song of Colors
~ ~~~~ ~
~ ~~ ~
In the garden of the turquoise woman

another world blooms

A language that has no words
is speaking in colors
that spill from her hands

She is weaving the songs
of darkness and light
and starlight glitters
from her turquoise throat
as she sings to the sky world
the colors of earth

In the garden
the turquoise woman waits~
she is
Mother of Corn
Sky Goddess
Child of Earth
Water Maiden
Keeper of Ancient Songs
Crone who gave birth to the Stars

Filling her mouth with twilight
scarlet and copper scented
the night wind
she breathes
this song
as she walks between worlds
~
In the garden of the Turquoise Woman
another world blooms...
~ ~~~~ ~
~~~~
~~

~ ~~~~ ~
~~

"La Forma de las Nubes~ The Shape of Clouds"

~~~~

~~

~

The Shape of Clouds

~

Artist carved

weave of night wind

and mist

~

You come closer to me 

as I breathe in the sky

~

Shifting light

prayer of change

the earth calls you

~

....and you become rain

~

I am alone 

inside of this garden

I taste the salted earth 

and the bloom of tears

~

I wish you peace

and I say goodbye

~~~~

~~

~

"La Cortesana~La Curandera~La Magdalena"

~~~~~

~~

~

The Courtesan, The Healer, The Magdalena

~~~~~

~~

~

I love you as one who is hidden

~

Between us are shadows

and the soul of beauty 

that reveals us 

to each other

~

The silent God

inside of the night

blooms like a wind

within your smile

~

And my smile answers...

in the scent of your skin

the light of stars

blessing our hands 

with kindness shared

~

A quiet magic

liquid prayer, flowing

through each thought

and each breath

drenching the darkness

with incantations

of shimmering light

~

A path opens

between the worlds

toward healing

toward forgiveness

toward home

~

~~~~~

~~

~

~~~~~

~~
~

"Mosaico Somatico~Somatic Mosaic"

~

~~~~

~

Somatic Mosaic

~

Each body is etched from light

and born from the one dream

~

Somatic Mosaic

~

Pattern of sinew

bone print

breath

~

Wing born

crown of antler

iron carved

shape of hoof

~

Our bodies

the body of earth

drinking ancient stories

written with rain

and symbols of healing

shaped into air

by silent hands

~

Somatic Mosaic

~

A darkness woven

is not a curse

 revealing the constellations of light 

as night skies

bring forth the pattern of stars

that we may find North

and a pathway home.

~

Each body is etched from light 

and born from the one dream

and to the one dream,

we each return.

~

Somatic Mosaic

~~~~

~

~~~~

~

"Oracion del Cielo~Sky Prayer"

~

~~~~

~

Sky Prayer

~

~~~~

~

Breath of Spirit

 speaking the ancient word

inside of everything

~

A storm is coming

wind shift

shapes of light

~

A storm is coming

within stillness

the quiet gathering

songs of water

poems of lightning

the secret language

naming colors of rain

~

graylight

wind dark

mosaic of cloud

weave of amber

carved topaz 

hidden copper

dust of onyx

frost fire

patterns of ice

obsidian glow

blue lace of stars

~

A storm is coming

the ancient words of light

are now being born

~

~~~~

~