Wednesday, June 19, 2019

The Periwinkle Bowl


The periwinkle bowl
Nests on earth altar
Root crotch of red cedar
Turquoise light filters
Through lime moss curtains
I am the only person
In the forest. Crow
Perches on my right shoulder
Nuzzles my cheek
With his black head
I kneel and blood drips
From my heart suspended
Above the bowl. I dip
My fingers in the blood
And touch it to my lips
Crow lifts his beak
To my mouth and drinks a kiss
I dip a moss and wash
My face with tears
Then climb upon the wings
Of Crow and fly
Into the Center of the Earth

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