The Witch They Failed to Burn

by bowie4eva

November 11, 2015

I Am One of the Last

I am herbal remedies smoldering in a cast iron cauldron

Late on an Autumn night

Mulling spices and salted pumpkin seeds

Strewn across a slate table

I am earth stones of numerous sizes and origins

Collected in willow wood incense ladles

Or strung across faded tapestries

I am filtered moonlight speckling

Dew kissed sage leaves

Tucked away in rickety window boxes

Ivy tendrils weaving in between

Half-hung weather worn shutters

Who have tasted more sweet rain

Than all the aspens in the grove

I am reminiscence

Painting the days like water-colors

A culture past like the last year's dawn

I am rose offerings wrapped in the roots of elder trees

Salt circles and hung bouquets

Drying in the ancient winds of a forgotten mother

A mother who still prunes the stubborn thorns of her children

Whose tears never cease and slowly

Run thicker with poison

I am the final battalion

Whose knife is of tarot cards

And shield of mortar and pestle

I am my mother's child

I am

One of the last.

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bowie4evaNov 11, 2015

I AmI am herbal remedies smoldering in a cast-iron cauldronLate on an Autumn nightMulling spices and salted pumkin seedsStrewn across a slate stone table I am earth stones of numerous shapes and originsCollected in willow wood incence ladlesOr strung across faded tapestriesI am filtered moonlight speckling Dew kissed sage leaves Tucked away in rickety window boxesIvy tendrils weaving in between Half-hung weather-worn shuttersWho have tasted more sweet rainsThan all the aspens in the groveI am reminiscencePainting the days like water-colorsA culture past like last year's dawnI am rose offerings wrapped in the roots of elder treesSalt circles and hung bouquets Drying in the ancient winds of a forgotten motherA mother who still prunes the stubborn thorns of her children Whose tears never cease and slowlyRun thicker with poisonI am the final battalion Whose knife is of tarot cardsAnd shield of mortar and pestleI am my mother's childI amOne of the last.