I stood like a mountain
Astride the plain
Watching with slow eyes
As life passed beneath me.
Feeling the seasons on my skin,
Each year a mere frisson,
And the years passed
Until snow silenced me.
I waited immobile
For the errant warmth
Not knowing or hoping
That it would find me;
Just waiting, as mountains do,
For time to take me,
Unresisting whiteness
Slowly eroded.
Kissed by the sun
I ran like water
Out of myself
A fluid gem
Laughing in the sunlight.
Flowing free across the land
With petals in my wake
And diamond drops.
Earth drank me
Took me to her heart
And I became the blood
Quicksilver in her veins.
I became her milk
And rose once more
Through the green stems
Of her diadem.
I sparkled in her crown
Jewels in her garland
Till the sun rose
And warmed me.
I rose then, insubstantial
Wedded…
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Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 