Serpent-Wheel
by Ari
Hail to the Serpent who circles around us,
And hail to the star-wheel that circles above!
Hail to the ocean whose salt waves surround us,
The bodies of flesh to which the Norns bound us,
The salt-water blood that still makes circles of
The paths in our hearts and our hands and our minds,
Hail to the road of the Serpent that binds!
Bound and protected, the curse and the gift,
One and the same, no struggle, no rift,
The World Serpent turns through its wheel in the world
And voiceless speaks mysteries, the spiral unfurled.
Artwork by Abby Helasdottir.