The Brightest One

At water’s edge, this rocky chasm shore. I am Belisama, numen of lakes and rivers, or sometimes Brigit of mystic phasm lore. I am the brightest one, the fiery one who delivers. To the Romans I am Minerva of wisdom and poetry. The Christians rebrand me Saint Brigit Kildare. But it’s my magic Celtic roots that make me visionary. In each sheeny silver sliver of being, I am there. Like the Prince of Peace, I am invoked for war. Warriors gain strength from me on the battlefield. But my origins betray the bellicose fervor, my mindful still water core is always unsealed. The modern multitask brain neglects the lyrical, but hippocampus allusion recalls the metaphysical.