Song – Page 9 – Green and Grey

This Darkness

I am wild
I am nature’s child
And I run through this darkness

With my claws and teeth
Search for what’s beneath
As I explore this darkness

Through the woods I prowl
Bare my teeth and howl
And I challenge this darkness

And then the prey is gone
And so the hunt is on
As I smell fear in this darkness

So off I race
As I give chase
To the one who flees in this darkness

And the fear smells good
Racing through the wood
I am the heart of this darkness

Till the prey falls down
Till my teeth pull down
And I hear screams in this darkness

And the flesh I tear
And the bones lay bare
So white and red in this darkness

And my flesh stained fangs
End my hunger pangs
As I gorge in this darkness

Feel the power serge
As our bodies merge
And hear me roar in this darkness

And I become aware
Of their still-eyed stare
And I am dead in this darkness

I look down on me
My torn flesh I see
And I mourn in this darkness

And salt water stir
And disturbs this fur
As I change in this darkness

And my truth I speak
I am not a freak
And I am whole in this darkness

For I am strong
I will carry on
And I’m at home in this darkness

Moon crowns this night
With stars so bright
I am one with this darkness

And the ground is me
And everything I see
And I am all in this darkness

I am wild
I am nature’s child
And I run through this darkness

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Piper

Written during a weekend workshop on the Pied Piper, November 2015

Piper why’d you come to me
If a shadow’s all you’ll be
Who haunts me whether I wake or sleep
Lead me from this endless deep

Piper show your face to me
Such brilliant radiance I’d see
Appear to me and take my hand
Show to me your fabled land

Piper play your pipe for me
Lead me from my misery
Dance me through life’s ebbs and flows
Help me overcome my woes

Piper play your dream for me
A believer maybe then I’d be
Who takes life’s chances by the horns
Embracing life in its many forms

Piper such enchantments bring
Enticing all around to sing
Forget illusions that we hold
Understand our true pot of gold

Forget illusions that we hold
And understand our true pot of gold

Listen to the song

©A M Hunter 2015

WildWood Strut

Dedicated with love to Toad, whose wild and free spirit is an inspiration to all who know them

Travelling down the serpent road
Just to see how far it goes
Acting like I just don’t care
Hey Wow! Saw Stag and Bear
Sylphs salamanders undines and gnomes
Salute to the elements in their homes
Hanging out with Fox and Owl
Look Out! They’re on the prowl

Doing the WildWood Strut
Doing the WildWood Strut
Walking through the leafy green
Surrounded by what’s seen and unseen
Doing the WildWood Strut
Doing the WildWood Strut
With my emerald eyes and Cheshire Smile
Think I’ll wander here a while

Weaver guides my way with silken thread
On Grandfather’s bones through his leafy head
Look into the distance what do I see?
Hey You! Are you my destiny?
Down to see my lady with Raven Wings
Her skull crowned in silver moon’s crescent rings
Up to see Lucifer Lord of Light
Oh My! Been quite a night

Amble through the woods all shadows and dark
Lights guide my way with their firefly spark
Maidens all around me in fairy ring
Shut Up! Can you hear them sing?
Prancing with my fairy lover through the trees
Our laughter is infectious like some fluey sneeze
Embracing that bright green light within
You all! Are my WildWood kin

With my emerald eyes and Cheshire Smile
Think I’ll wander here a while.

Listen to the song

Lorelei

Dedicated to my wonderful friend and teacher Lorelei in deepest heartfelt gratitude and love

Siren call siren song
From off the rock all night long
Winding weaving across the waves
Reaching out to better days

Alone I sit hair in hand
Fingers entwining a single strand
My eyes are deep, like the sea
Lips encased in mystery

I am Lorelei of the lovely locks
Come follow my voice as it wanes and wafts
Through the streets down to the shore
Into the water I adore

Alone I sit hair in hand
Fingers entwining a single strand
My eyes are deep, like the sea
Lips encased in mystery

Come to me my love down in the depths
For I yearn for you to caress
Hold me here in my pool so deep
Give to me your heart to keep

Alone I sit hair in hand
Fingers entwining a single strand
My eyes are deep, like the sea
Lips encased in mystery

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Athena Athena

A-the-na Ath-e-na
A-the-na Ath-e-na
Shield us from
Hate and shame
A-the-na Ath-e-na
Sword and spear
Protect our aim
A-the-na Ath-e-na
Bright lady
Come to us
A-the-na Ath-e-na
Holy wise one
Reach for us
A-the-na Ath-e-na
Come, Come
A-the-na Ath-e-na
Come, Come
A-the-na Ath-e-na

(and to devoke)

A-the-na Ath-e-na
A-the-na Ath-e-na
Honour you, we honour you
A-the-na Ath-e-na
Honour you, we honour you
A-the-na Ath-e-na

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Medusa’s Heart

Medusa once was a priestess
She served her Goddess body mind and soul
Poseidon came he saw he conquered
Took her flesh and swallowed all

Medusa preyed up to her lady
Told her what it was all about
Her Lady came and then she cursed her
Changed her form and cast her out

If Medusa calls will you answer
In Medusa’s eyes what will you find
Coldness, hardness spite and anger
Evil deeds from an evil mind

But Medusa’s heart is not a diamond
It’s flesh and blood and not this stone
Though Medusa’s form may be a gorgon
It’s a living death to always be alone

Medusa waited in her temple
With companions Of silent stone
Though many came with swords to court her
They met their fate she remained alone

But she knew one day that he would
Stride across her hallowed hall
And for his razored kiss she waited
To end her curse once and for all

If Medusa calls will you answer
In Medusa’s eyes what will you find
Coldness, hardness spite and anger
Evil deeds from an evil mind

But Medusa’s heart is not a diamond
It’s flesh and blood and not this stone
Though Medusa’s form may be a gorgon
It’s a living death to always be alone

Listen to the song

Brother / Sibling Witch

Written for and dedicated to my beloved sibling in Spirit and sorcery, Fio – see the bottom of the page for a non-binary version of the song (video hosted by Vimeo). Adjusted words in brackets below

Speak you words of power Brother [Sibling] Witch
Rise up to the stars from the ditch
Call out to the moon and to the sun
The weaving of your wyrd has begun

Speak your words of power Brother [Sibling] Mine
Weave your web through all that is divine
Spin from sky above to sea below
Thread it through the midlands that we know

Speak your words of power Cunning Man [One]
Open up your crossroads with one hand [arm]
The road that is leftwards follow now
Take that turning path as you know how

Speak your words of power Alchemist
Transform lead to gold and fire to mist
Dancing to destroy and to create
Filled with your divine and Goddly state

Speak your words of power Changeling Child
Forever pulsing green heart of the Wild
Senses stretching hearing from the wind
Seeing so much more than mortal kin

Speak your words of power Brother [Sibling] Witch
Straddling hedge with herbs held in your fist
Howling brightness fills your horned form
Clothed in whispered shadows old and worn

Speak your words of power Brother [Sibling] Witch
Speak your words of power
Brother [Sibling] Witch

Listen to the song [Brother Witch]

Sibling Witch; a non-binary retake on the above in July 2022

Lady Raven

For Lisa L with thanks

Lady Raven here you flit
And on the tree of Odin sit
Pluck his wisdom from his eye
Spread your wings begin to fly.

Lady Raven down below
Eat rotting flesh drink bone marrow
Dance with Hel among the tombs
Share your wisdom from the runes.

Lady Raven soar up high
Dance with Stars Moon Sun and Sky
Split the darkness with your call
Spread your wings encompass all.

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Soul Retrieval

I was filled with a big empty space
Darkness, Shadows, nothing more
I looked within felt this big empty place
And knew it held so much more

Something was missing
What could it be?
That which was taken
And yet was part of me

My soul is in pieces
Scattered on the winds
My soul can be mended
If I find its pieces

The search is hard I fight scratch and bite
Fall down, rise up, start again
I tear your flesh as you tear up mine
Blood spills, bone splits, and there it shines

Something I’m missing
Bright shining light
Sparkling and glistening
And quite known to me

So there is another piece of my soul
I gather them back now so I can be whole
So there is another piece of my soul
I gather them back now so I can be whole

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Blood Spirit Craft

Blood of our blood
Bone of our bone
We honour thee
You bring us home

Spirits of our
Minds and our hearts
We honour thee
Abound in these parts

The mighty dead
Those of our craft
We honour thee
You’re in our hearts

Ancestors of
Blood Spirit Craft
We welcome you
Come witness us

[Ancestors of
Blood Spirit Craft
We thank you for
Witnessing us]

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