This was written with no edits as part of an archetypes and visual imagery exercise in which I selected some Tarot cards and one Archetype card (by Sandra Myss) then used the images as cues with as little left-brain thinking as possible. This was written in about 15 minutes. It is interesting what still came out. Or maybe it isn't surprising.
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the horse and the rider
trusting fate will come to them
as one or one as two
or two becoming one
with the innocence and trust of a child
of a newborn not yet with knowledge
not yet holding the power of choice
the power of choosing
one path leaves wreckage in its trail
another leaves seeds of life to grow
is it like the trust of the mother and her child
does she know that the child
could be the knight
could be the soldier
or the poet
or warrior monk
could she know that the child
could have the power to create
the power to destroy
the power to make others laugh
the power to make multitudes cry in sorrow
is the sorrow a thing of invention
is it a thing of creation
just as she created the child
or is it a mirror of herself
is the child to be the knight to fight all her dragons
and shed the blood of enemies
or is the child just a mirror of a self
she would rather not see
but knows in her heart she is a part of
(February 18, 2015)
