The Night

by Doyenne Solace Arcanna ShadoeWalker

The night is full upon me now and the silver light of my Lady keeps watch

here now at this time when the birds sleep and the city seems frozen I can write or read or pray

But I cannot sleep So I write

not extraordinary things nothing to publish or to write home about

small night thoughts thoughts that go careening around my mind stopping the heavy curtain that is sleep

What shall I write?
No words tumble gracefully from my pen
Shall I read with my mind pin balling from one
thought to another
no reading tonight.

the soft scent of incense is calming and the music leads me to a place of study and I read magic mystery stories of ages past
and soon the night is forgotten
then light now greying into a cold march dawn the city shakes off her deep sleep

and flex's her sleep numbed shoulders to begin the work of the day

and now the birds are vibrant in their salute to the morning with joyous chorus

the night has past and I am lost in another tome of theory and magic suddenly no longer weary ..

as the first eastern rays brighten the skies and begin to melt the night ice

into morning moisture scattered across the sidewalks leaving sloppy ankle deep puddles

Now there will be peace
Now there will be silence
Now there will be sleep
Now I will be safe in My Lady's care.

Once more She has brought me safely through a cold winter night and as I light the day's candle I thank Her

Solita @ 2007

Traces

Traces
everywhere I look there are traces of you
like smoke wrapped around the bare limbs of a fall tree
a soft scent so elusive yet it permeates my life
an open book or your coffee cup
traces everywhere

Traces
I do well ..really
until I hear your favorite song
and I double over in pain
I wasn't ready for you leave
you should have waited

Traces
you left a shirt on your chair
I sleep with it now
it's not the same
you should have waited
I never got to say good bye

I would have told you
how much you were needed
how much you were loved
I had so much left to say
and I never said Goodbye

but you left your traces..
on my heart
on my soul

I only  wish you had waited ...

May The Lady Hold You Gently My Love

Solita - 2006

I never loved you anyway !!

I never loved you anyway
You only started my heart beating

I never loved you anyway
You only hung the stars

I never loved you anyway
The sun merely rose at your command

I never loved you anyway
You only held my soul

I never loved you anyway
Your smile only blinded my senses

I never loved you anyway
You only taught me how to laugh

I never loved you anyway
Your arms only held me safe

I never loved you anyway
You only opened my souls eyes

I never loved you anyway ... So why would I miss you, Now that your gone

When I never loved you anyway

Solita 2006

Trapped in amber forever in place

no change no shift no race in haste

can steal me from my amber case

no sound no touch no worries here

the world is still and sunlit here

A fly in amber this mite is me

When was I trapped

Why didn't I see

The slow drip of resin that has trapped me

Minute by minute day after day it built up around me

it now bars my way

But it's quiet here and there is no strife

far am I from daily life

Perhaps it's not a trap at all
,
but a carefully built haven

Now home   ... after all

Solita - 2007