She was born under a Sagittarius Moon
A moon so bright and round and lustrous
An almost perfect circle.
But she spent her years thus chasing the Sun
Looking for its light alone to lead the way.
So many years knowing only heat and warmth and Summers grace
Yet knowing deep inside lay a yearning for something more
More insular, more personal,
more Congruent with herself.
One day, suddenly
The Sun disappeared.
Without warning, without a last hurrah of sunbeams
Just gone
And she was left in the dark.
The darkness had never been her friend
It brought her fear and shadows and unnamed demons that babbled rambling words and rattled strange songs round her head.
But it was all that was left
This dark and cold and whispering winds
Echoes of a lost life where the sun was her guide and her strength.
Day had turned to eternal night
She was lost and could not find her way
She felt the dark would consume her and take her very soul
The only path was rocky with treacherous incline
She stumbled and fell so many times
Over and over
Broken, worn,
tired and torn
But she kept on..
One foot in front of the other
Climbing slowly upwards
Until she heard a voice
Soft and beguiling, calling her name from out of the damp misty air.
A shape in the darkness began to form
A horse~
Black as the night from whence it was carved from
Stepped out and walked towards her.
It had wings like a large bird and eyes that gazed on her with such loving gentleness it brought her to tears.
Without thought, on instinct
She found herself on its velvet back
Legs pressed against its smooth barrel chest
Her hands seeking and finding long strands of Jet black hair.
They galloped through trees
The wind whipping and whistling
Singing songs of sadness and woe stinging her cheeks with droplets of cold rain until they rose up
Together
Black form becoming one with the night sky
Lifting, soaring, flying
And looking down she saw only treetops and the winding path she had left only moments ago.
The black horse spoke to her
Inside her head she heard the words
"Let go my love
Let go
Let go"
She listened and so with every beat of the horses wings she found her arms lifting upwards, stretching outwards
And it was at that moment she saw it..
..The most glorious sight
Illuminating the world below
And shining its silver light
The full Moon
All shimmer and shine
And glorious magic.
From her side she drew a bow and arrow
As if it had always been there waiting for its moment to come.
She took aim at the center and pierced the moon sending with the arrow the very essence of her soul.
And from the crack
A million stars burst forth
A rainbow of glittering shimmers.
They poured down below
Upon the trees and the path
On her and her friend the horse.
And they were transformed
Moonshadows
Black to white
To wondrous starlight
She shrieked in delight
At the glorious sight
And sang a song of truth
Echoed back in the night.
She was born under a Sagittarius Moon
But spent so many years chasing the sun.
Now she walks the paths with her horse made of stars
under the full Moon at night
Gathering up the things people don't normally see during the day
And brings it back to the light ✨️
Áine McGarry 2024🌞
