Magpies & Mead- Excerpt

Elemental Birth

I push

myself from the womb of

The Earth.

Crawling across the ground,

Scraping my bare legs against the

Packed soil,

Digging my nails into the dirt,

Propelling me forward

To the River.

Turbulent currents rush

Smoothing everything in its path

erode me,

I plunge deep into the opaque waters.

Ice cold shock, skin is scoured,

Carried, tumbled,

Into River rock, into the deep

cleanse me,

From the dirt hidden beneath my nails.

A gasp for breath

I heave the wet, heavy body

From the River bed,

Towards heat,

Towards Fire

Ignite me,

Hot tendrils lick the edges of my

smooth skin,

Devour me.

I step into icy hot blue flame,

Sizzling burning, it strips me down

I am ablaze.

Raw, I am alight, I cannot know where Fire

Ends,

And I begin.

Ash,

I am Ash.

The wind mingles gently with my remains,

Lifting me,

Into the Air.

Breathe me into the atmosphere,

Scatter me

Across the Earth.

Caress my being into the world.

Let me rest.