Darkness descends as I enter,
her welcome gentle, a silken shawl floating down
upon my shoulders.
Eyes adjusting, vision returning
I see a room ahead: golden flames drawn upward,
in solitary, seductive dance.
One candle brave enough to burn
so that I may See.
As I enter, I hear music from long ago,
so familiar yet so strange.
I feel it rising up within me –
begin to sing along
my voice gaining strength and clarity,
words I’d forgotten that I knew:
‘Sing from your soul, and you’ll be made whole. Sing, sing, sing!
The person that you are, and who you’re meant to be,
will find one another’
Ancient stone floor
smooth and cool now under my feet
urges me, encourages me,
to partner with the candle’s flame in her
sacred, mystical dance.
I let the dance carry me back to the world.
As the darkness falls away, I am
changed forever; a new/old song
in my heart.
2/10/24
Karen McCaskey 