my body betrayed me…
balance an elusive sprite…
smoke, rain and fresh cool wind danced in erratic ecstasy…
panic blossomed within my belly…
I went to ground.
I knelt upon the Mother,
my hands in Her dark soil…
sent roots into Her
depths,
entwined them around strong solid stone.
laid my body down upon Her,
touched Her creatures,
and waited.
Shadow rose up within me,
memories of long ago…
long forgotten conflict…
doubts of my place in the world…
of my purpose.
Thoughts of going to ground…
of returning to the Mother to be safe
in the nurturing
depths of Her dark soil…
desire to retreat to Her solidity and strength.
But I am a child of the Void…
the Void harbors no hiding
places…
only potential…
and chaotic power
waiting to be given form…
so I shall learn to dance on ecstasy
to follow sprites into wildeness…
to hold strength of Earth within my body
and to walk my path with what grace I can…
