Net and Arrow

The waves crash and spray
Your hand controlling the tide
Great Lord of the waters
Provide for your fishermen
Bring forth your bounty from the deep
Fill nets with flopping fish
So hungry stomachs may be filled

The arrow flies free and true
your hand steady on the bow
Great Lord of the hunt
Provide game for your huntsmen
Flush out the wild beasts
And lead them to the slaughter
So mouths and hearts may be fed

By net or arrow
Your provide for Your children
great Father, Lord of Provision
In your honour we fish the depths
In your honour we hunt the dark forests
with grateful hearts
We partake of Your bounty

The Contradictions of Zeus

Lightening rent the heavens
 the voice of thunder
reverberating through the clouds
power and majesty resounding
as your might shout echoes
from Mount Olympus
omnipotent powerful Lord
ruling with a will of iron

yet

you fall down
in a soft golden rain
love and tenderness in your touch
sweet words whispering in waiting ears
the caress of seduction in your gentle shower

Life

I stood, face turned to the fiery sun
Your light blazing down upon my skin
Your warmth drawing life from the earth around me

I stood, buffeted in the untamed wind
Your breath blowing madly through my hair
Your cool winds bringing in the life giving storm

I stood, pelted in the thrashing downpour
Your tears falling in torrents on my up turned face
Your refreshing rains flooding life into the sodden ground

The blackened sky was rent asunder
As lightening flashed and the thunder roared
The howling wind releasing Your life giving power

I felt to my knees surrounded by the raging tempest
Drenched in your overwhelming might
caught in the fury of the storm

Buffeted and tossed by the ferocious gale
I feel un-hearing to the naked earth
hope and direction drowned in a maze of fear

I awake, tenderly kissed by a gently breeze
Your warm rays stealing away the icy chill of dark
Your world awakening to a brand new day

I gaze, through bright eyes washed clean with tears
at Your lush, green, emerging world
Your seeds of death flowering forth the joy of life reborn

I turned my worn but joy filled heart to Your shining face
and I smiled that your life had come to grow
Through the maelstrom You had hurled. 

Hephaestus

Bright God of the forge
anger and vengeance
trapped the great Hera
for rejections unwarranted

God of the craftsman
Creator of the great chariot
that carries Helios across the heavens
In a great blaze of glory

Your fine woven metal net
caught your Aphrodite unfaithful
 but the Gods laughed
and punished her not

the volcano fire burns within you
the embers of anger and justice
smouldering within your heart
the inferno roars untamed

Lord of the flaming mountain
Heat of creative passion
thunder bolts of Zeus
created by your hand

Vision and beauty blazes within you
what you reduce to ashes
rises up pure gold in your hands
a treasure taken from the dross

Danu

Danu, you of the ancient waters
flow into our lives
birthing you blessings of fertility
river of life flow in and around us
you the fertile waters and womb

Mother of earth we thank you for the earth your body
mother of water we thank you for the sea your spirit

Danu, you of many names
huntress and healer
creatrix and destroyer
you are one eternal
through life and death

Your arms surround the weak and the strong
Your wisdom lightens the darkness
Your grace opens our eyes to your beauty

Your children shall rise
and celebrate your power
Your children shall sing
and celebrate your gifts
Your children shall dance
and celebrate your love
You children she rejoice

Your wings are the strong wind
Your beauty the glowing moon
Your blood the swelling seas
Your womb the embracing earth

Danu, sweet strong mother
You that walks amongst us in radiance and grace
Help us to blossom and grow

Danu, goddess of wisdom, wise teacher
You that holds in her hands the mysteries of the universe
grant us knowledge where ever it might lay

Danu, great Goddess Mother
we thank you