BELTANE FIRES
for Jude and Paul
From South and North
in polar spheres twin fires reign,
one issued from male desire,
the other fuelled by female flame.
Like attraction dancing, sparks fly,
passions edge closer together.
The two unite.
A blaze of energy erupts,
frenzied fervour rules both realms,
fills the land with a glow and light
comparable to heaven's stars,
the past remnants of loves delights.
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When embers die
couples join hands, vow commitment,
leap the fire now cooled to ash,
the power of the mighty oak
spent after loves frolic through woods
ending passage of Beltane's night.
Kaaren Whitney
Beltane 2007
