Don't love me too much as though I were air, <br />as though I were starshine for you to wear. <br />Don't question the heart which seems like a stone. <br />I may be lonely, but I'm not alone. <br /> <br />I am Ceridwen - the goddess you seek <br />when the kiss of love burns upon your cheek. <br />Love is the shadow, and I am the light - <br />born to be yours but wed to the night. <br /> <br />My voice through the pines, my tears from the sky, <br />my image in the center of your eye. <br />In love, in longing, in sorrow became - <br />there is something in me you wish to claim. <br /> <br />My love has two lives but never the same - <br />desire inside an untouchable flame. <br />My soul is sacred, in a web unspun. <br />I hang with the moon; you shine with the sun. <br /> <br />I am a crystal; do not strike the stone. <br />My very dreams are yours and yours my own. <br />Tragic windows may tremble with sorrow, <br />but do not let them close on tomorrow. <br /> <br />Dressed up in stars and the black kohl of night, <br />tender thoughts in our joyful hearts unite. <br />When eyes are damp with the dew of despair, <br />just call out for me; and I will be there. <br /> <br />I am Ceridwen, the flame in the fire, <br />hanging like rain on the brink of desire. <br />I water the roots of love's secret tree <br />that blossoms and grows carnivorously. <br /> <br />And should it consume you, do not depart. <br />Let the water of life restore the heart. <br />Love can be bitter and love can be sweet; <br />and somewhere in between is where we meet.<br /><br />Linda Marie Van Tassell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ceridwen-2/
