Oh, burn!
You eternal Flame of my Heart,
and whisper in your crackling warmth
--- oh, Light of my Life, returning ---
of the dormant truths lying in wait...
under the blanket of this soft, loamy skin.
Your emerging heat melts the crust of ice
(which has stilled my breath)
that my expirations may again bellow forth
to feed your fire.
Take me to your forge,
Oh, Flame, oh Heart!
to reenforce my delicately renewed form
with iron will and steely resolve.
Burn the cold of this Winter out of me
and heal these wounds
which begin to weep in the thaw.
Oh, gentle Flame,
teach me the song of my Heart,
that I may forever cradle this Light
of my Life Eternal.
*Blessed Be to Brighid*
*She of the Ever Burning Flame*
So I haven't a clue what the back story on this might be. Could you share?
ReplyDeleteBrighid is a Celtic goddess. She is patroness of poetry, smithcraft and healing, somewhat similar to Athena/Minerva of the Greco-Roman mythos. Brighid is considered the bard's goddess because or her association with poetry. She is also associated with the Christian St. Brigid's Day (her sanctuary in Kildare, Ireland was kept lit with an ever burning flame by the nuns in residence, which after a long rest was re-lit and goes to this day) and as the Celtic Bride/Breed on the Gaelic holiday of Imbolc (end of Winter/beginning of Spring), both on February 2nd. This poem contains aspects of Brighid as the fire element, healer, smithy, early spring, and poetic muse.
ReplyDeleteHere's more info for you... by no means comprehensive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid