Passionate Ambivalence

A golden crescent hangs above
Embracing the orb of darkness
The now is a bright, curved sickle, sharp and strong
Holding the past, letting it rest
Cradling the future, letting it grow

Hail to the Lake Mother, ancient and cold
Hail to the springs ever-flowing
Hail to the wells and the witchers of water
May we yet live, though the rivers run dry

Hail to the land where the rivers run dry
Where they flow underground
Where the stones carry memory

Where roots drive deep 
Into ancient scars
Finding the water
Showing what shifted

Where the lakes and the oceans
Have all turned to stone
And the stone tells the story
To those who would listen

 ...and sometimes my brain is just like, guess what, today we  have a few verses about "His Father's Son," in No Man of Woman Born by Ana Mardoll (https://www.amazon.com/Man-Woman-Born-Rewoven-Tales-ebook/dp/B07C86CX8G)  that kinda scan to "Bar'bry Allen."


I found a home with Hilon's folk
I'd never wish them sorrow
They claimed and loved me as their own
Yet I must leave tomorrow

The master trained me every day
With steel to thrust and parry
And well I knew, if I should stay
His daughters I might marry

But once I had another home
With sisters and with brothers
Guided by the wisdom of 
My six dear loving mothers

But then one night into our camp
An evil man came riding
He burned our home and spilt our blood,
And earned my hate undying

Guyon was the monster's name
All kinships keen to conquer
His doom foretold by Cadfen's son
Each boy he found he'd slaughter

So I must seek my vengeance true
For every murdered brother
He'll learn the day I run him through
My father sired another



constructive criticism welcomed

No Man of Woman Born highly recommended.  (Many stories need content notes/warnings, and they have them! Right there in the book! It's so good!)

"His Father's Son" is probably my favorite story, tho many are in strong contention. I read it again every few weeks & have big feelings.

CN: genderqueer/trans(ish?) gender / sex / body parts / pregnancy  / birth / nursing refs that  won't be everyone's cup of tea 

Anyway...
Screwing around with fictional mythology again




We call you, Moonfather
Shining bright in darkness
Steering your course ever true


We hail you, Moonfather
Your shape ever-changing, 
Yet never untrue to yourself

We praise you, Moonfather
Our lord who calls the tides
Who spins in a dance with the earth

We know you, Moonfather
You whose circling footsteps
Mark out the turns of the year

We honor you, Moonfather
You who birthed our forefolk
And guided them with with wisdom

We love you, Moonfather
As your womb sheltered them
Let us shelter our children
As your milk nourished them
Let us nourish all who need