Storm of the Ego

I watch you play In the shadows of my night When my body is weak From my heart’s fading beat You strengthen, and you fight With your desperate, angry claws Vying for attention To sate that hunger deep   But I see right through your pain I see the child there Crying out for loveContinueContinue reading “Storm of the Ego”

Release

As the year fades, I feel it sharp Steady tug Upon my opening heart Thickness of my shadows Past and parallel Have been tightening Fast, and fierce With an angry pull But I know I’m wiser, stronger still Than the darkest void Than the blackest star That’s melted from It’s dying grace; And so IContinueContinue reading “Release”

Lunar spirit

From the bloody shipwreck Of my battered heart My bruised ego And my broken soul; I emerge to hear A calling true From the depths within A rosy song Is rising to dance With the incoming tide Of the Lunar spirit Guiding me strong; Till I’m home In a realm beyond Where divine power OfContinueContinue reading “Lunar spirit”

The Vortex

Emerald calling upon my Calypso blood is draining, pulling me to the black centre of the Earth’s dying core But though I’ve stumbled I will rise with the power of the Moon filled with her eternal flame undying lunar fire And so our wounds shall heal as the darkness melts into its shadow dance entwiningContinueContinue reading “The Vortex”

Rebirth

I woke this morning, on Christmas Eve, feeling like I was on the cusp of my own rebirth. I have only just started to appreciate the extent to which the last month has drained me, physically and energetically. But it has been an important month of lessons, learning, and growth. When faced with challenges, itContinueContinue reading “Rebirth”

Jungle living: riding the winds of change

I settle down to write this on a cool, drizzly morning over on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast. It’s been months since I last posted; I’ve returned from Europe, and the time has passed in a blurry whirlwind, in which I feel I’ve lived 10 lifetimes.  Last week I finalised my first non-legal article for a properContinueContinue reading “Jungle living: riding the winds of change”