step
outta mind
outta time

Wind
churns sun and water
into
crystal reflections

unlike cities
where freeways
circle and circle
the open road
weaves a path to wilderness...

I muffle my steps
walking lightly
quietly accepting
the unknown

Lilith

Lilith comes
emerging
from the forest
fierce and proud
she strides with stealth
cunning yet graceful
clad only
in low-slung thong
leather leggings
barefoot and free
the Huntress approaches
men humbled
lower their eyes
unable
to engage
the gaze
of the Goddess
primeval, unbound

oppression...

I awoke
in shock
she was gone...
a mortal emptiness
resounded in my soul
echoing
she's gone...

Before my eyes
My Beloved
shed her mask
and in a succession of images
her soul-countenance
revealed
each more beautiful
startling
than the rest
until I could behold no more