Ceridwen

Don't love me too much as though I were air,
as though I were starshine for you to wear.
Don't question the heart which seems like a stone.
I may be lonely, but I'm not alone.

I am Ceridwen - the goddess you seek
when the kiss of love burns upon your cheek.
Love is the shadow, and I am the light -
born to be yours but wed to the night.

My voice through the pines, my tears from the sky,
my image in the center of your eye.
In love, in longing, in sorrow became -
there is something in me you wish to claim.

My love has two lives but never the same -
desire inside an untouchable flame.
My soul is sacred, in a web unspun.
I hang with the moon; you shine with the sun.

I am a crystal; do not strike the stone.
My very dreams are yours and yours my own.
Tragic windows may tremble with sorrow,
but do not let them close on tomorrow.

Dressed up in stars and the black kohl of night,
tender thoughts in our joyful hearts unite.
When eyes are damp with the dew of despair,
just call out for me; and I will be there.

I am Ceridwen, the flame in the fire,
hanging like rain on the brink of desire.
I water the roots of love's secret tree
that blossoms and grows carnivorously.

And should it consume you, do not depart.
Let the water of life restore the heart.
Love can be bitter and love can be sweet;
and somewhere in between is where we meet.

Author's Note

Reviews

[icelandicblue]

Ceridwen sounds very Welsh... a people who love the land they are. The historical fiction I am currently reading takes place in 13th century Wales.I love this stanza although the whole poem sings:

I am Ceridwen, the flame in the fire,
hanging like rain on the brink of desire.
I water the roots of love's secret tree
that blossoms and grows carnivorously.

The duality of nature and love rests in those words. A stunningly good poem.

[Gleb Zavlanov]

Yet another masterpiece! This poem was in particular very interesting and like NoneOfYourBusiness said, this truly is silk. It's so gentle, so tender, yet with a majestic air behind it all. Brilliant work!

[emmajoy]

Your poetry always has that extra something special and indefinable; it's not only the technical skills you possess, but how you place and weave words into something way out in space .. a distant somewhere space!

'I am a crystal; do not strike the stone. My very dreams are yours and yours my own.

Wonderful!

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

your writing is silk~ it is felt deeply~classic and beautiful like the heart that brings the poem to bloom~