#Crossroads - Vijaya Sundaram

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In response to The Daily Post’s Daily Prompt: Crossroads

When the Crossroads Come – 14 Senryu
(An Offering to Hecate)
©April27th, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram

When the crossroads come
And you’re standing still, so still
Let them pass, softly.

When the crossroads come
And you see Her there, bow down.
Ask her for a gift.

Watch the clouds flow by.
The moon hides her pale, wan face.
Darkly, stars shiver.

Look into my past!
Guide me to my destiny
Help me choose it well.

Offer her your hand
Offer her your heart in trust
Bow to her wisdom.

She will study you.
She’ll gaze into your future
With a cryptic look.

Look into my past!
Guide me to my destiny
Help me choose it well.

And when the stars hide,
When a low moon wails so pale
She will decree it.

Thank her with a gift
Ask for your life in return
You have much to do.

Look into my past!
Guide me to my destiny
Help me choose it well!

Her pole-cat will sing,
Her wolf-dog, in warning, howl.
She’ll see your future.

And she’ll sigh softly
There are things she cannot change,
Though she’ll try to bend.

Look into my past!
Guide me to my destiny
Help me choose it well.

So, when crossroads come
Stand so still, and tall until
They fade into mist.

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