I walk away. Turn and walk towards the East, when Westward is all I have known. Life feels electric, untamed. Like 1000 volts of energy exploding through my veins. This the future. This is the point of transformation between the nymph and the dragonfly. The incubation phase is over. Now is the time to fly …
The Dragon’s Head whispers by the light of the Moon: ‘Be bold. Not with might, and horns, and clashing swords, but with grace, poise, and kindness to all’. The Rising Sun whispers through the song of the Earth: ‘Be brave. Not with security, and stability, and permanence, but with innovation, rebellion, and imagination’. The North …
Deep down in the earth it is ferrous, dark, and damp. Cloying soil bonded to every hair of my gnarly, twisting, entangled roots. I feel the humic crumb sticking to me, coating my skin, and blocking my airways. The winter has been long and hard. My lungs are bursting with the effort to breathe. Desperate …
This is for the Dragons of Light; Rise up and brush the dust from your limbs. Rise up and shake the manacles from your wrists. Rise up and shed the chains from your wings. This is for the Spirits of Life; All who have lain dormant in the bowels of the Earth, hiding from forces …
Anger is always the enemy, the deadly force that you must hide or tether to piety like a runaway horse. Hot flaming anger burns through your body like blazing coals. Seething rolling anger bubbles below the surface like a geyser of sulphurous hurt and frustration. But anger also signals that a boundary has been crossed, …