rebuilt by serpents

rebuilt by serpents

magpie,

take my heart.

raven,

take my liver.

crow,

take my gaze.

as Samhain bends

before me,

change curls

like a river,

moving through

dark, damp and cold;

winter’s bond

shall not break.

disembodied –

bone white

shining.

the dark months

close around me,

with cupped hands.

gifting me sleeping quiet

from which to return,

anew.

earth splits silently,

for the uncoiling

of serpents,

bone bound,

these veins,

are revitalised

through venom.

the serpents whisper

me whole,

whisper me,

back from the dead.

as flesh-given,

i become.

i become.