CROSSROADS

Rounding the Wheel of Life, I pause
At the crossroads with Crone
She who guides me
Into inturning again.

I pause to receive this Change
I pause to feel Her rhythms
And to hear Her teachings
Now that my moon blood stays within.

I pause at the crossroads with Crone
Who beckons me into this new way
Of feeling and tracking
My inner flow and sacred cycling.

The autumn wind calls me deep
And wraps Her heartsong
Around my woman body

I give my Magic
I give sweet tears
I give myself to Change.
I pause at the crossroads
Feet feeling Earth
Breathing my way down
Into the gift of holy heat.

With strong roots
Touching Her Center
I receive this Passage
Singing my way Home.

Kate Kaufman Greenway