The Red Queen

Photo taken in London a few years ago. This flower feels very appropriately to be The Red Queen. 

She has visited regularly

A life-time of appearances

She has always been

Her ruby red warmth

Ancient 

Life itself

There used to be a begrudging 

A complaining

Not again

You are here 

Don't be here

Go away

You hurt

Then you made yourself visible

You became She

The Red Queen

The Life-Giver

Rich and Fertile

A Blood of Joy

Grounded

Grounded

Earthy Joy

So quiet

So inward

And the begrudging became a welcoming

The complaining, a bouquet of red roses

The hurt, an opportunity

For entering the inner world

For remembering the Old Ways

The True Ways

For gratitude

For honouring

For bowing unto the Royalty

Unto the Life-Nourisher

Unto She who creates

Unto She who gives birth

Forgive us for forgetting You

Oh Red Queen

Rejoice in our remembrance of You!

Celebrating the warm wisdom

That trickles and circulates

A crimson river of love

She is here

Flourishing

Flowering

A Scarlet Alchemy of Feminine Force

The Red Queen