BEFORE WE VISIT THE GODDESS

Before we lie

In footsteps still

Before we lie

Of sins within

Before we lay

In obeisance to

Before we say

Dark ardour too

Before we speak

Of love, of faith

Before the stake

Of unfettered fate

Before we visit

The goddess here

Before we sit

In obedience, fear.

Before, before

Much before

We must, a hush

The goddess speaks..

~ Judith Vaddi