one step beyond the clouds

one step
beyond the clouds
and into
the radiant light
of my heart

tendrils that have
threatened
to consume me
dissolving
themselves consumed
by the light
that fills me

and i step forward
into a new life
no longer defined
by history
but lived through
the love that is

hekate

sweet goddess of the dark night
after years of fruitless searching
your arrival is immanent
i sense the vitality of your presence
on the doorstep of my soul

walk with me, you whisper
your voice ruptures the threshold of resistance
grasping hold of my life
you usher me to certain destruction
tortured steps into the underworld

the glow of your flickering torch
softly illuminates my tired face
a tormented cascade that carries me
floating heavily, deeper and deeper
in a cold, black, bottomless sea

i have been ripped apart, devoured
while you steadily kept watch
at your alter i offer my remnants
the refuse of a surrendered life
an existential emptying into the void

your lunar light nourishes me
as i am absorbed into the mystery
light and dark in me become as one
and i stand at the edge of the unknown
turning to face the brilliant light of day