The Major Arcana

1 ~ The Magician

My fingers still

struggle to collect

the broken pieces

of silver like regret.

I am tired of this magic,

pretty pearl and alabaster

lies. Could I purchase

your miracles, your belief,

your redemption?

Lay your hands on

this heart appliquéd

upon my sleeve, until

it beats and dances again

with the ghost of your love.

Pray for me now,

my better angels,

for I am not a prophet;

I’m just a man

in need of salvation

and a place to rest.

2 ~ The High Priestess

Divinity is a woman

adorned in the azure

of morning and crowned

in the stars of the midnight sky.

She stands with Boaz

and Jachin and guards

the Holy of Holies, the mystery,

the feminine that is God.

The moon sits at her feet

as if the heavens wait

for a glimpse behind

her veil of crimson and purple.

Pomegranate and palm

belie the unspoken, the need

for supplication and blood

contained within.

For she is the beauty

of a calm sea, La Papessa,

steadfast, the one that is

truth and love...