diff --git a/_posts/2018-05-04-prima-materia.md b/_posts/2018-05-04-prima-materia.md deleted file mode 100644 index 3903fa4..0000000 --- a/_posts/2018-05-04-prima-materia.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,170 +0,0 @@ ---- -categories: -- Poem -- Rated G -counts: - characters_real: 2508 - characters_total: 3376 - file: _posts/2018-05-04-prima-materia.md - paragraphs: 16 - type: jekyll - words: 635 -layout: post -tags: -- Furry -- About Furry -- Poetry -title: Prima Materia ---- - -### Calcination - -
-They say the fire cleanses - That it purifies. -Then, cool fire, soft fire, - Cleanse and purify me. -Blanket my shoulders - And sing me to sleep. -Sing the fox to sleep - And let her rest -Content in the work she has done - And the lives she has touched. -They say the fire cleanses - That it purifies. -Then, cool fire, soft fire, - Sing me to sleep. -
- -### Dissolution - -
-Sweet as honey, spiced with time, - You were me, and I you. -Aged to perfection, mellowed with the years, - I bless your memory. -You who were me, - I lay you aside to rest. -To over-age is to spoil, - And you are not spoiled. -Sweet mead to dance on the tongue, - Soft fox to dance through time. -Sweet as honey, spiced with time, - You were me, and I you. -Aged to perfection, mellowed with the years, - You are at your finest. -
- -### Separation - -
-With your sigil, - I draw you from my heart. -With your name, - I consign you to memory. -With your words, - I draw you from my breath -With your voice, - I sing you to peaceful sleep, -Ever soft and white in winter, - Ever svelte and gray in summer. -With your sigil, - I draw you from my heart. -With your name, - I commit you to dearest memory. -
- -### Conjugation - -
-I dedicate my life - To the memory of you: -Long passed though you may be, - That memory will burn fiercely. -To the east, I wash with air, - That the wind be with you. -To the South, I wash with fire, - That the sun warm your fur. -To the West, I wash with water, - That the stream be cool beneath your paws. -To the north, I wash with earth, - That your den may blossom in spring. -I dedicate my life - To the memory of you. -
- -### Fermentation - -
-Feed, dear fox eat, - For the meal was prepared by you. -I bless this meal - That you be sustained by your work. -Feed, dear cat, eat, - Sup of the love that was left for you. -I bless this meal, - That we may learn the lessons of the fox, -For she has prepared this for you: - Bread for beginnings, mead for endings. -Feed, dear cat, eat, - For the meal was prepared for you. -I bless this meal - That you be sustained by her work. -
- -### Distillation - -
-“We are not so different, you and I,” - Said the cat to the fox. -“We come from the same essence, - Two vintages from the same vineyard.” -“Our fur is soft and thick, true,” - Said the fox to the cat. -“We are hardy, and weather cold. - We travel, hunt, and survive, -But my time is passed and yours begun. - Go with my blessing.” -“We are not so different, you and I,” - Said the cat to the fox. -“We come from the same essence, - Two children of the same eternal mother.” -
- -### Coagulation - -
-Step forth, Uncia, hale and whole, - For you are truly born this day. -Alopex has gone to sleep and rest, - Dancing now only in dreams and stories. -See the world with new eyes, - For all this is yours. -Smell the air, taste bread and cool water. - Feel the earth beneath your paws. -Know the limits of your body, - And remember always this pain. -Step forth, Uncia, hale whole, - For you are truly born this day. -Alopex has gone to sleep and rest, - Dancing now only at need. -
- -### Anima mundi - -
-Out of the flames, into the light, - I rise, Makyo Uncia called Maddy. -Makyo Alopex sleeps now, - A fetch to call at need. -Non sum qualis eram, - I am not who I was. -Ranna, Astarael, Alopex, - Majo, Younes, Happenstance. -When viewed through the lens of Makyo, - I am my own magnum opus. -Out of the flames, into the light, - I rise, Makyo Uncia called Maddy. -Makyo Alopex sleeps now, - Not forever, but for now. -