Vining the Holy Axis

These are the myths of my ancestors
they are the soil and the root.

These are the myths of my body
they are the stalk and the stem.

Every word is a leaf unfurling,
green and eager

asking the question

identity? belonging?

I am a Maenad, a Sybil, a Solitary Practitioner.
I am Ecstasy, Eros, Gnostic Communion.
I dance around the Holy Axis.

I descend, climbing, like the Vine.