For M. Macha NightMare

Spiraling night pulls our living souls down
To the dark reaching earth where we spiral again.
It’s smoke time, time to know, it’s our time to go home
Beyond time-to remember the light in the dark.

And the light in my heart keeps burning, burning,
Bringing day to the night.
And the wheel of the year keeps turning, turning,
Bringing dark to the light.

In the dark reaching earth where we spiral again,
Beyond time, to remember the light in the dark,
It’s smoke time, time to know, it’s our time to go home,
As this spiraling night pulls our living souls down.

And the light in my heart keeps burning, burning,
Bringing day to the night.
And the wheel of the year keeps turning, turning,
Bringing dark to the light.

It’s smoke time, time to know, it’s our time to go home
Through the dark reaching earth where we spiral again
Beyond time, to remember the light in the dark,

As this spiraling night pulls our living souls down.

by Annie Finch

Invocation to the East

In beginning, you breathe us aware.
Let your clarity ring through the air.
Be with us.

Invocation to the South

Flame and spark of passion’s power,
Point your fire like a flower.
Be with us.

Invocation to the West

Spirit of water, move free in us,
Rest us and cleanse us to be in us.
Be with us.

Invocation to the North

Come rich dark maker, give us birth
From strength and stone and deepest earth.
Be with us.

Invocation to the Center

Come spiral of outer and inner,
Come magic, come spirit, come spinner.
Be with us.

by Annie Finch