John DuffyASY Poet Rhyme

The Call of Venus

The Call to Venus

(A lone voice whispers as a ceremony begins)

Candles lit
In brazier pit

Like a reborn Prospero

Music playing 
As offerings 

Are lit

To summon the universe
And all who goes

To step in and commit
 
Guardians in
The Great In-Between

Guard us
And all our kin

From all unseen
Who flows

White lights
Bound
Around our homes

To guard against ghouls
From loosened tombs

Floating around like red balloons

We pray tonight 
For astral protection 
In all our rooms

As 
Candles lit
In brazier pits

Burn

With
Music playing 

As sandalwood offerings
And Christmas ferns

Are used as keys 
Of devotional angelic magic

To turn away

All who conspire 
And drink from the Devil's Urn

As we call to you
Venus
For protection 

As the Great Wheel
Turns

So
Come our sceptre-bearer of harmony 

And love to cope

Do ut de
Dum vivo 
Repleti spe

(‘I give that you may give.
As long as I live. Filled with hope.)

(C)
Copyright John Duffy

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