Ceridwen

Ceridwen

A Poem by Linda Marie Van Tassell
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Love can be bitter and love can be sweet.

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Don't love me too much as though I were air,
as though I were starshine for you to wear.
Don't question the heart which seems like a stone.
I may be lonely, but I'm not alone.

I am Ceridwen - the goddess you seek
when the kiss of love burns upon your cheek.
Love is the shadow, and I am the light -
born to be yours but wed to the night.

My voice through the pines, my tears from the sky,
my image in the center of your eye.
In love, in longing, in sorrow became -
there is something in me you wish to claim.

My love has two lives but never the same -
desire inside an untouchable flame.
My soul is sacred, in a web unspun.
I hang with the moon; you shine with the sun.

I am a crystal; do not strike the stone.
My very dreams are yours and yours my own.
Tragic windows may tremble with sorrow,
but do not let them close on tomorrow.

Dressed up in stars and the black kohl of night,
tender thoughts in our joyful hearts unite.
When eyes are damp with the dew of despair,
just call out for me; and I will be there.

I am Ceridwen, the flame in the fire,
hanging like rain on the brink of desire.
I water the roots of love's secret tree
that blossoms and grows carnivorously.

And should it consume you, do not depart.
Let the water of life restore the heart.
Love can be bitter and love can be sweet;
and somewhere in between is where we meet.

© 2021 Linda Marie Van Tassell


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Ceridwen sounds very Welsh... a people who love the land they are. The historical fiction I am currently reading takes place in 13th century Wales.I love this stanza although the whole poem sings:

I am Ceridwen, the flame in the fire,
hanging like rain on the brink of desire.
I water the roots of love's secret tree
that blossoms and grows carnivorously.

The duality of nature and love rests in those words. A stunningly good poem.

Posted 10 Years Ago


Yet another masterpiece! This poem was in particular very interesting and like NoneOfYourBusiness said, this truly is silk. It's so gentle, so tender, yet with a majestic air behind it all. Brilliant work!

Posted 10 Years Ago


Your poetry always has that extra something special and indefinable; it's not only the technical skills you possess, but how you place and weave words into something way out in space .. a distant somewhere space!

'I am a crystal; do not strike the stone. My very dreams are yours and yours my own.

Wonderful!

Posted 13 Years Ago


your writing is silk~ it is felt deeply~classic and beautiful like the heart that brings the poem to bloom~

Posted 13 Years Ago



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Added on November 5, 2010
Last Updated on May 2, 2021
Tags: Linda Marie Van Tassell, Ceridwen, Goddess, Wed, Night, Moon, Soul, Sacred, Web, Unspun

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Linda Marie Van Tassell
Linda Marie Van Tassell

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Poetry has been my passion since I was about fifteen years old, and I love the structure of rhyme and meter moreso than just randomly throwing words upon a page without any form whatsoever. Whi.. more..

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