at the dolmen/

©2022 Michael Raven

at the dolmen
i ask for strength
trials come from
before & behind
&
'twixt & 'tween
threshold places

distractions these
myriad things
crying rusalkas
naked & singing
pleading to me
temptation --
would it not
be better
to drown?

fleeting now
those dreams...
i step forth now
to the ocean
at the end
at the other
side

Published by Michael Raven

Michael Raven has been murdering innocent words since some time in primary school and hasn’t had the decency to stop after he was first published in second grade. During the mid-90s, he was the emcee at a spoken word/open mic salon, "Sweet Immolation", in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood. He is deeply interested in the Old Ways and in shamanic tradition. || Watch for Michael’s upcoming chapbook of poetry, "galdr: thought and memory", published by Raw Earth Ink, due out in early 2022.

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