to Sumerian poet
Enheduanna
Lady of the half light
moon priestess in a desert night
shine silver on Artemis sage
who roots and recovers
iron-red soil – once a mountain
under sea - now cinder cone
and hardened ash – a wasteland
that folds and faults
until time allows trust
and healing-juniper union
Let the world know
Lady of the half light
furious heart above ocean midnight
thunderous sighs and tectonic
calls for justice – illuminate
black waters that smack foam white
against pillow basalt –
beyond temperance your tempest
could destroy us all
unless we attend to whale cries
above the tidal dirge
It is time
on this obsidian eve
from the land of civilized kings -
lady of the half light
let the world know it is time
for all our moments of splendor
for all we call divine
to merge in a constant alluvial flow
with each prosaic day - wax bright
oh lady of the night
and let the world know it is time.
