Tonight, the Queen of phantoms calls my name

As in a witch’s fire there burns her flame,

I look to the skies and answer her claim,

With Pagan heart that none shall dare to tame.

Her honour is mine born on raven’s wings,

The mantle of honour a warrior brings,

She is the promise a Celtic dream sings,

In life and death and all eternal things.

She is the maiden where beauty is shown

The maternal light that lets all be known

For hers is the wisdom of ancient Crone.

Here in the cry of the carrion bird

Hers is the echoed voice that can be heard

And now in darkness hear her guiding word.




JF, 2012




Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand
- Plato