My Hallowed Guest

For Brandon

Come to the door my Hallowed Guest
But before you enter inside
Bring what you honour and leave the rest
You’re in for one Hell of a ride

To pass through a door seems an easy thing
One step, another, that’s all
To enter within you need to leave without
Remember it’s always your call

A threshold is crossed but not by a step
Don’t be fooled by your eyes
Heart through intention and action is best
You can’t move with falsehoods and lies

Don’t ignore what you promised my Hallowed Guest
And don’t take back whatever you gift
Deep consequence weaves and threads through it all
So beware that you do not drift

To step through to Darkness or step through to Light
Your hand is what’s holding the key
To dance through the roses is to Dance through the thorns
And both have great blessings for thee

So come and step through my Hallowed Guest
And as you walk through this door
Know if the crossing is easy then you never crossed
The threshold awaits nothing more

Song – My Hallowed Guest

© AM (Xander) Hunter 31 October 2023

Dani Take the Firebrand

For Dani

Dani take the Firebrand run Dani run
Dani take the Firebrand run Dani run
Run like Artemis Joyously across the forest floor

Dani take the Firebrand fly Dani fly
Dani take the Firebrand fly Dani fly
Fly like Selene serenely across the darkened sky

Dani take the Firebrand sink Dani sink
Dani take the Firebrand sink Dani sink
Sink like Persephone courageously through your shadows deep

Dani take the Firebrand run Dani run
Dani take the Firebrand run Dani run
Run like Artemis Joyously across the forest floor

Dani take the Firebrand fly Dani fly
Dani take the Firebrand fly Dani fly
Fly like Selene serenely across the darkened sky

Dani take the Firebrand sink Dani sink
Dani take the Firebrand sink Dani sink
Sink like Persephone courageously through your shadows deep

Dani take the Firebrand run Dani run
Dani take the Firebrand run Dani run
Run like Artemis Joyously across the forest floor

Dani take the Firebrand fly Dani fly
Dani take the Firebrand fly Dani fly
Fly like Selene serenely across the darkened sky

Dani take the Firebrand sink Dani sink
Dani take the Firebrand sink Dani sink
Sink like Persephone courageously through your shadows deep

© AM (Xander) Hunter 2016

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Weaver Hear My Prayer

For Kathleen – a healing spell song

Weaver hear my prayer
Weaver weave this thread with care
Weaver hear my prayer
Weaver weave this thread with care

One I know is ill
One I know needs strength of will
One I know is ill
One I know needs strength of will

Weaver hear my prayer
Weaver weave this thread with care
Weaver hear my prayer
Weaver weave this thread with care

Weave their body strong
And their will to live life long
Weave their body strong
And their will to live life long

Weaver hear my prayer
Weaver weave this thread with care
Weaver hear my prayer
Weaver weave this thread with care

Clear them of disease
And their pain let it recede
Clear them of disease
And their pain let it recede

Weaver hear my prayer
Weaver weave this thread with care
Weaver hear my prayer
Weaver weave this thread with care

Weave their body strong
And their will to live life long
Weave their body strong
And their will to live life long

Weaver hear my prayer
Weaver weave this thread with care
Weaver hear my prayer
Weaver weave this thread with care

One I know is ill
One I know needs strength of will
One I know is ill
One I know needs strength of will

Weaver hear my prayer
Weaver weave this thread with care
Weaver hear my prayer
Weaver weave this thread with care

© AM (Xander) Hunter November 2022

Song – Weaver Hear My Prayer – by Xander

Lucifer Fell

Lucifer fell from the sky on a day
As the Earth was still turning round
Lucifer fell from the sky on a day
As the Earth was still turning round

He burned as he fell and he fell as he burned
And he turned into ash on the ground
He burned as he fell and he fell as he burned
And he turned into ash on the ground

The light that you see low in the sky
At morning and evening is He falling by

Your feet are His ash while your eyes are His spark
And your lips mouth His question of why
Your feet are His ash while your eyes are His spark
And your lips mouth His question of why

His wisdom lies here at the heart of your soul
If you only knew first how to cry
His wisdom lies here at the heart of your soul
If you only knew first how to cry

The light that you see low in the sky
At morning and evening is He falling by

Lucifer fell from the sky on a day
As the Earth was still turning round

© AM (Xander) Hunter May 2023

Lucifer Fell – Song

They are Near

Golden serpent
Dances with delight
Over stones that shimmer in the
Nearly eve twilight
They are near, they are near
They are near, they are near
They are nearly nearly here
See them peeking from that
Four Leaf clover
Reaching as they stand
On tippy toes
Peeking from behind that
Nearby boulder
You may mistake them for
A latish blooming rose

© AM (Xander) Hunter May 2023

They are Near – song

This is me

I am here
I am me
in every way
that I can be

I have wings
See me soar
I have voice
Hear me roar

I will stand up
I will speak out
My truth is clear
No fear no doubt

Here’s my sword
Here’s my shield
I am strong
I will not yield

I am clothed
In my finery
My light shines out
This is me

© AM (Xander) Hunter March 2023

Video of the song
About the creative process behind the song

Crushing Sad

The intense and crushing sad
Washes over what was bad
The intense and crushing sad
Washes over what was bad
And the knife’s edge that I walk
Competes with the daggers that I stalk
In my mind they’re dueling now
I hope that I can win somehow.

Yet it cut me to my bone
This never-ending high-pitched tone
Yet it cuts me to my bone
This never-ending high-pitched tone
Whose screeching bleeds my ears
Unleashing all my fears
I’ve ever held or ever known
I feel so very far from home.

© AM (Xander) Hunter April 2023

Video – Crushing Sad
The creative process behind the song

Dance on a Moonbeam

A song for the WildWood Guardians

I danced on a moonbeam at the edge of the sky
Called to the Owl as they passed me by
The Owl cried ‘who’
And I thought ‘I’m not sure’
So I closed my eyes and danced some more

I danced through the dew of a meadow in the morn
I spied a sleepy Fox looking all forlorn
The Fox cried ‘What’
And then they were gone
But I wasn’t sure, so I danced on

I danced through the woods in the head of the day
And a Kingly Stag stood right in my way
The Stag cried ‘When’
And gave me that stare
But I danced on by, still so unaware

I danced through the hills in the sun’s dying glow
Right by a Mother Bear standing head to toe
The Bear cried ‘Where’
And pounced on her prey
But I didn’t hear, and I danced on my way

I danced through the dark of a sky with no moon
I heard a baby Cub and thought I’ll be with you soon
The Cub cried ‘Why’
And it shook me to my core
So I danced deep inside, and I opened my door

© AM (Xander) Hunter October 2022

Waterfall

I was wandering through the woods on a day
When the sun and the moon shared the sky
As the clouds and the shadows told the sun stay away
My head was stuck on the question of why
So I stopped by a clump of pine trees to think
And around me they came on the breeze in a blink

There were at least four or five so fair and so tall
That I thought I was somehow in a dream
They were both here and there held in both light and shade
And yet still somewhere quite in between
Then one took their hand and drew a long line of light
In the air what was day held a doorway made of night

I knew somehow that if I followed them through
I would breathe no more beneath this sun and moon
And I traced my life as it was from my birth
And I found I did not want to die this soon
Their laughter rang like music through the trees
And it was so sweet it was surely done to please

One stepped through the doorway from night into day
And their gaze stabbed me right behind my eyes
Their face shone in a way that held me in fear
Like they could see me through my everyday disguise
Then they reached through my chest and grabbed hold of my heart
And they read my true name the one I’ve held right from the start

So I found myself crying out deep in pain
As if they poked a wound that never really heals
And it seemed to me that they felt the same
Yet their eyes told me they would never yield
So I found myself turn and start to run
As I needed my skin to feel the warmth of the sun

From that moment on my life was contained
Like I was held within a magic crystal ball
And no matter where I ran or what delight I craved
It seemed that I was surrounded by a wall
Its shadow cast me deep into the dark
It bled me out like a blade right through my heart

While at night I was haunted by their shining face
Though distorted and twisted and unreal
Their slender fingers reach like daggers of bone
Through my flesh around my heart I could feel
Till I awoke one day and realized that no more
Could I turn my back I could never close that door

Once again I wandered deep into the woods
Waiting for the day the sky held sun and moon
And I began working at a hole in that wall
So that I could squeeze through it sometime soon
And then maybe I could travel deep into the night
Through a door in the air with its edges made of light

And deep into the river of life I would plunge
To be held by its ever-loving arms
Until it takes me away high into the hills
Where the rainbow of light and water charms
This time when they come I will be ready for the sight
Cause their call to my heart makes it shatter with delight

With their hand in mine I will at last find my rest
Cause their fate and mine are both entwined
And when I look with wonder once again into that face
I will notice that it is the same as mine
I’m not talking about the one that’s flesh and bone
But the silver song that we both will know as home

Cause our souls are cords of shining silver light
That weave around each other like two snakes
No matter how many lives we travel through
Our hearts will reach across to ease the ache
Though towards the rocks we are hurled every time
Like a waterfall we dance through the divine

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© AM (Xander) Hunter – October 2022

About the song

A WildWood Blessing Song

For Mat and others who aspire

May the WildWood answer your heartfelt call
May Brigid’s flame guide and light your path
May Weaver hold you in your darkness
May Green Man shelter you if you lose your way
May the Guardians wrap you in their Arts
May the Watchers protect you all through the night and day
May the Maidens share with you their secrets in every space that you care to go
May Her Thorny Rose hold you in Her wonder and bless your breath your blood and bless your bones
May His Wolf-Fanged Horned Form surround you as you travel your path of pleasure and pain
And May He lead you through your shadows until you are home and you are whole again

© AM (Xander) Hunter September 2022