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The Calming of Her Storm


"The Calming of Her Storm"



My mother gave me solace
I fell into her deep hollows
to kiss the wisdom of her 
breath chanting quietly 
I still hear her 
nightingale birdsong caressing 
the soft fluttering 
of her tireless dreams for me
white dove hymns spreading 
over the noir pureness of mine 
in the glowing embers of auras 
we still remain entwined
Back then, I bathed in the crossfire of her
sadness, joy, love, I was like her 
through the smallness of me
I too reigned over her
I was some sage green 
She was my ocean 
and my world 
Some not fully known territory 
I was fully caught up in the jungle nets
of her mysterious history 
unconquered I remained her steadfast nation
the highest apple in her tree, 
she reminded me of something 
in another life long ago I had seen 
some beautiful wise enchantress
blue de Pizan for a delphinium dauphine
wisdom feathers and weeping willows
soft pearls falling in the sad time of unrest
the dark nights I cooed into her emerald pools
watching the ripples seeing my reflection two sides
left and right in the windows of time
moon and sun glistening love 
mine orbiting her ruling planets 
traversed her eclipse smiling innocently
in my naivety they were closing in slowly
drowsy drugged by the absinthe in her 
sweetly profound je revien 
truth never lies nor does it sleep
hypnotic melodies 
transferred to me
I transitioned through
her golden kintsugi 
mind to mine
she filled me up 
I drank her in
"we are never empty vessels"
she continued to sing 
I still hear her whispering this to me 
when I sleep now she visits me in my dreams
I am her ghost from her mother's dreams
Back in the small time I watched the words spill forth
riding along the unfurling pink velvet
mesmerizingly exquisite under mosquito net
the other mother she said, said,
“listen to me breathe,” 
I cross-referencing categorized
memories from her mother to mine 
their memories are now mine 
to understand and eventually find 
I juggle their weight elephantine
from the jungles that remain within me
of that magic time
she speaks some exotic language
from an open cave beckoning labyrinthine 
somewhere there deep within 
waits for me a precious jewel
laid on eternal alter its ruby redness
ready to be peeled like a juicy pomegranate
secrets of a life revealed 
my heart beats 
like a savage drum
slow marching 
the wilderness of lost days
that move languorous in the quickening
the dissipation of her and I, and 
I am at the bottom of her well
staring upwards to twin stars twinkling
under dark fringed canopy
I am small compared to her
my fingers trail stories yet unknown
along the skin of her neck like braille
I am within still that child
I feel new legends inside me blooming
like small fresh petals slowly opening
and falling she always holds me
in the dreams she is walking
my skin drinks her in
mothers milk the elixir
Épître au Dieu d'Amour
I smile against her rhythmic vibrations
where the pulse of life is kept like a caged bird
then at the kindness of her mercy freed
from within the hidden bed of her heart 
violet white breathes some god given rite
new life and memories stored within me 
they arrive heralded through
the chakra canal delivered from
the place where her soul once breathed
its warm breath over me
the mystery of me and she
the world remains inside me 
I remember her 
she constantly changes
she is four seasons reigning
I inherited her indigo
I am wobbly wisdom 
I am all her points of a broken compass
pointing the way through 
inherited electric lightening
I rage then I remember
I am the calming of her storm
over me she smiles, she despairs, she adores
the sun shines from her clouded eyes
windows where the inner turmoil waives
forgiving past grievances her tears
command me for I am her storm
and the blood in my veins is hers
no walking away from that
she is inside me always
I am her mirror 
the child leaving dreams of home too soon
walking away the slamming of doors

Upon waking 
in this new world
Time moves so fast
she gently shakes me
I am her reality

I was raised to great heights
upon her undulating hips
while the memory of her
in another dimension slips away
she passes all too quickly

the sceptre
to me


(LadyLabyrinth / 2021)
gvlm










https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_de_Pizan



https://www.chakra-anatomy.com/third-eye-chakra-colors.html



Sonnet III



The 7 Essene Mirrors
(1)
https://ericehrke.com/the-seven-essene-mirrors-of-relationship/

(2) 
http://www.ignaciodarnaude.com/espiritualismo/Braden,Awakening%20the%20Power%20of%20a%20Modern%20God.pdf



Cherish Armour
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/cherish_armour_1019783

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Date: 8/19/2021 12:48:00 AM
"What is Love?"- for Georgia. x
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 8/19/2021 12:49:00 AM
It's More Powerful Than Anything Else https://youtu.be/h2iqVKe7tv0
Date: 8/18/2021 7:04:00 PM
I replied to this poem once before but do not see my comment! As before, I say- so often you mesmerize the reader with the depths of the immense creativity and originality in these gems you gifts us! And yes, this is just that a fine gem! A fav... God bless...
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Robert Lindley
Date: 8/19/2021 5:25:00 AM
Of course my friend, I know you did not delete my first comment. This has happened to my comments many, many times over these years! I have no clue how or why... But it is indeed a very irritating thing. I will check out the poem you mentioned--"Seed".. God bless..
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 8/19/2021 12:07:00 AM
That's very odd...not sure what happened there Lindley...didn't delete. :) Thank you for the kind words and as always your thoughts. Re your comment below, some of us have had a lot of practice at surviving. The Storm has arrived...x refer my last comment in my poem "Seed", by Chief Oren Lyons (Faithkeeper Of The Wolf Clan)...
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Robert Lindley
Date: 8/18/2021 7:07:00 PM
Take care dear friend, this old dark world seems to be lurching into an angry mode and ready to destroy those not hardy enough to weather its coming storms.. I believe that you and I are both experienced enough to weather what is coming.. God bless...
Date: 8/11/2021 1:10:00 PM
She lives in all you see and do...be safe Modesty
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 8/11/2021 4:14:00 PM
Solitary confinement through the lockdown of a life gives an individual ample time to think about the truly more important things in life. x
Date: 8/11/2021 2:38:00 AM
"The more the journey inwards, the further the journey outwards."
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Date: 8/11/2021 2:34:00 AM
"My muse is my daughter My strength is hers My muse is my mother Her strength is mine My muse are my sisters My strength is theirs My muse is my soul Our strength is eternal".
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 8/11/2021 2:40:00 AM
"I am the electric storm come to defibrillate your heart."
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 8/11/2021 2:35:00 AM
"One always carries the Other on the journey and it is always with Love. Battle wary and armour well worn. What is not seen, is blatantly front and center during the entire story, but always overlooked to what the eye and conscience sees first."
Date: 8/6/2021 2:46:00 PM
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/cherish_armour_1019783
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Date: 8/6/2021 2:42:00 PM
"My Mum taught me a woman's mind should be the most beautiful part of her."
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Date: 8/6/2021 8:08:00 AM
WOW!!! What a creative write and pictures. The ending was great as you were "raised to great heights upon her undulating hips." The place we do a lot of riding as a young one. Have a great/blessed day.................
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 8/6/2021 2:40:00 PM
Mothers shape our character in one way or another. xx

Book: Reflection on the Important Things