Friday 30 April 2010

Beltaine Approaches

28th april, 22:15

the fire-festival approaches
and She reflects the fiery sunset
that has sunk from the sky

28th april, 22:23

Thursday 29 April 2010

Hide & Reveal


25th april, 20:23

sometimes i wonder
whether to reveal myself
to be seen without hiding my identity

 i mean, pretty much all of the time
 i am comfortable 
with who i am and what i feel


26th april, 20:45

but perhaps some obscurity is wise
just because i don't have that feeling of unreason
doesn't mean it won't come back again

then where would i turn?
in those moments of angst it is better
to spare those nearest from my shadows, 
until i can cast some light on them myself

it isn't black and white
reason and unreason, shadow and light
the mystery of me 

the moon, la luna, selene
we all know who she is
no matter how much of herself she reveals



i think anyone who knows me who stumbles on this space,
may realise who i am, 
and that is fine
(especially as i sometimes forget to log out
when i travel the blogosphere!)
and if my dearest find me, i hope you'll understand



27th april, 21:50

so i dress myself in shadows
 to reveal more, not to hide
it's mystery, not deception
hiding in plain sight




Sunday 25 April 2010

 24 april, 20:29

All is clear in my sky, no unreason,
but no great motivation either 

 24 april, 21:41

Saturday 24 April 2010

Catchin' Clouds

23 april, 21:26

shadowy thoughts race past my mind
memories
whispers of something
but what?
like peripheral vision
i know they're there
i see them, feel them
but details, meaning, elude me.
does that matter?
am I snatching at something
not meant to be caught?
does the moon try to catch the clouds?

Does someone come out every night 
to watch me?
and marvel at my changing expression?
and try to capture the image of clouds
that race across my face?
and wonder if i even know they're there?

Friday 23 April 2010

21st april, 20:33

headache
wave of pain
cold sweat

It would be so easy to curl up, not move, indulging the pain &  encourage misery... so easy. Instead I walk... out in the air, up to the little wood, seeking solace in the arms of nature. I didn't notice it stop. But breathing fresh air & looking at the hedges & sky, listening to birds.... it went... as quickly as the moon darts from behind a cloud. How much of it is self-created? How much is what we are conditioned to expect?

Yesterday was a headachey day.... I'm not used to headaches, rarely get them... but a couple of of times lately they have preceded my period. I never had them as a teenager, but I distinctly remember a friend telling me that she always had them during her periods. Guess what? I had a couple of months with headaches. I remember thinking then, that I hadn't had them until I'd heard about someone else. That was the first time I became aware of my body being open to suggestion, I think. A glimpse of awareness. I never had them again. Still had stomach cramps though until I went on the pill!

For a long time I have never known which will be the day I start... it comes when it comes. I know i have vocalised the thought that it might be good to have some warning... also, friends have been talking about 'the change' & how they are affected. Have i just been picking up their suggestions? Have I given my body permission to afflict me with headaches to warn me? Lets see how this awareness goes... 



  21st april, 21:31

same moon, an hour later
different focus
same woman, an hour later
pain vanished

How much of this is how we look at things
& adjust our focus of what is there?



Monday 19 April 2010

Dark Moon Down-time

saturday, 17th april, 21:54


A dark moon of inactivity this month... just aimless, couldn't-be-botheredness apart from essential stuff. But now She is back in my sky and energies have shifted... The new moon was wednesday 14th april which coincided with my mental lethargy!

Thursday 1 April 2010

Dance With The Moon

1st March 22:26
 (my camera is broken so 'fraid no current moon pic)


Barely a murmur, barely a flicker of unreason... slightly grouchy a couple of weeks ago, but horrible stomach cramps & backache to accompany my ‘red-moon’ for a day on monday. Maybe it’s a bit of a trade-off, but in general I don’t fare too badly. I’ve noticed this past year I get more pain... similar to my teenage years, but on a shorter scale. I’ve also been having a day or two of much heavier blood-flow than usual... I think my body is having a final fling as my hormone levels change and I move towards menopause.
Peri-menopause is the official name for the stage before periods stop, but where very real menopausal symptoms show there face. For some women, this can last years. I am 46, nearly 47. My mum began going through ‘the change’ at this age... she was not amused as it was about 57 for her mother! I can check off many of the "34 symptoms of menopause" (on the page at the top), so I reckon things are moving that way. 
I wondered whether it helped that i thought about being more grounded... maybe, but last friday I was out late... the sky was clear & still, the moon waxing, nearly full. I leaned against a lone oak tree, one broken branch still attached, curled round me, the moon looking down through the branches.
With moonlight on my face, I felt totally safe, wrapped in the arms of the oak tree. We all smiled in contentment. I thought about feeling grounded through the roots of the oak, but instantaneously I also felt the moon connection. Mooned? Lunared? What name would you give it? The equivalent to grounding, being earthed? Tuned to the moon I heard or rather felt...
It’s the moon connection. Being in tune with the rhythms. Of ebb and flow. Of tides of your body. Dance with the moon.
And I did. Held in the arms of the oak I danced with the moon. It's something I often do, but perhaps these last few months I haven't. Maybe that has something to do with the pmt stuff? But this month I've been fine.