Scorpion Flowered Moon
Full flowered moon, I threw you lillies
from the edge of a seaweed temple,
an offering to the old gods
in the ways of my Celtic queens-women.
Rimilcemona, I’ve milked you
three times with my libations,
as gulls shriek and whorl on steadfast wing,
alongside humble sparrow to witness
the gritted loss of innocence
to old male wounds.
I have no care for them now,
the cut and chafe of their fat lips
against my groyne.
They do not know what to do
with my light, which at times
shines with the intensity
of the scorpion’s sting.
Waning gibbous hare moon
the silver in your hair
weaves with the gold on my back,
on this liminal, shifting shoreline,
where each stone holds its story.
I can not hope to tell them
all in one lifetime.
Perigean spring tide salts
my leopard print pants
as I plunge full cold, swell-first,
crying out the fatness of cream
licked skin, dimpled, sagged
and corn worn.
A foam scummed watermark
laps at my temple gates.
The cleansing is complete.