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VxPoem ID: 25866
Category:
pagan_spirituality
Posted: December 1st. 2006 6:12:28 PM
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I Raise My Cup Up
by Dragonchilde
Age Group: Adult
It is Samhain.
The Wheel of the Year has completed another turn.
One journey ends as another begins.
In the fresh light of morning
I sit looking out my kitchen window.
I see the garden up the way.
Barren. Stripped of its bounty.
Making ready for the coming winter.
Entering it’s time of rest,
So that there will be rebirth and life yet again.
The flower beds are not so colourful as before.
Gone are the lilies and roses of summer.
The geraniums and carnations slumber.
The Dahlias and Sweet Williams long gone.
The Dusty Miller, brilliantly silver in the
shorter sunlight hours.
Still paying homage to the moon at night.
Foxgloves and poppies though are feisty still.
Doggedly sending up new flower spikes.
Unwilling to give in to the frosty nights.
One last burst of color for the Fey Folk.
The winds are less gentle now.
They prepare me for the coming months.
When the nights are colder,
And the snow lies deep.
When the sun steps back while the
hearth fires burn bright and the earth slumbers.
It is the time of reflection.
Of honouring Spirit and giving thanks for my blessings.
For giving thanks to the Earth for
The sustenance She has provided.
Of saying “Hail and Farewell” to old ways,
Bidding “Adieu” to past days.
The time of looking deep within myself.
To find those things that have truly nurtured my soul.
To cast out that which is no longer needed or wanted.
To make way for that which will let me grow.
Finding my true spirit.
Singing my soul song.
The veils between the realms are thin now.
I am close again to those who have journeyed on.
I honor those spirits who have passed.
I nod to those spirits who have always been.
Knowing that they are a part of me.
Knowing that I am a part of the whole.
Finding comfort in the realization
That even in my darkest moments,
I will never be truly alone.
They are always with me.
I ask that they will guide me through this life journey.
Helping me to find my way.
As I sit here at my table,
In the home I have been blessed with,
On land the Earth has granted me,
Surrounded by the love of my family and
All that is whole and good;
I raise my cup up in honour of all Ancestors and Spirits.
I raise my cup up in honour of all the Gods & Goddesses.
I raise my cup up in Honor of Spirit, the Sun & the Moon.
I raise my cup up in honour of the Earth
And all that she gives.
I raise my cup up in honour of the Elements and their gifts.
I raise my cup up in honour of my Soul Song.
I raise my cup up.
Blessed Be.
Samhain 2006
Author's Notes: Raising my cup to all that has been, all that is now, and all that ever shall be.
In Love & Light
Dragonchilde
Author's Location: Second North River, New Brunswick
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