Ice Queen

There are worlds 
unseen 
within me

In the cold chill of winter 
I can hear them beating 
the drum inside my heart
is it my ancestor’s song

The land is calling me home
return return return 
back to the Earth

But my blood freezes
as I reach for the sun
trapped 
by the clouds 
and my soul
trapped too 
inside this body 

Snow falls silently outside
in the quiet of winter  
while I live inside four walls 
I call home
and forget what it feels like 
to rest my belly on the Earth 

We’ve learned to distract ourselves 
with the worlds we’ve constructed
inside black boxes 

And fall into stories 
inside pages made from paper 
of the trees that died 
so we could build new worlds

Everyday the world is new 
everyday I am new 

Shapeshifter

Something ancient
and futuristic 
between my two eyes 
pulling me deeper

Remember remember remember
what you have been

Remember remember remember 
who you will be 

Infinite energy swirling
I drop every story 
surrender into the great mystery 

A million worlds are born 
a million worlds are destroyed
within me 

And all I know is 
I am here now 
being
beating
breathing 

The question 
”who am I”
matters less 
than the fact that
“I am”

Inside and outside 
the same themes re-birthing

Ice
now fire
now ice
now fire

Outside of time
I see
the perfect dance of 
life

And somehow 
I’ve become 
the perfect vessel
to contain it all 

A human being