she makes her laugh loud
holds open the dreaming place
shocks her out of pain

finds his voice for her
rhymes his words in beats for her
speaks his man desire

thirteen grandmothers
gather to share their wisdom
hear them feel them speak

hecate, hecate smiles
protects the entrance of life
mans best friend is hers

separating time
distance has no existence
something new begins

she loves how it comes
no question the devil's sent
the gift comes, destroys

Onile

October 31st, 2008 by sabrina

Samhain Blessings, everyone! It’s a beautiful evening for trick-or-treating here, and there is just the right amount of wind to feel the spirits as they pass among us. I thought a Goddess involved in the cycle of life and death would be appropriate for this special night.

Onile is the Yoruban Goddess of the earth. A special society called the Ogboni serves Onile, and one of their particular roles is in settling disputes that involve spilling of blood onto Onile’s sacred earth. She is said to have existed before the other orishas or Gods. Onile is very similar to the Ibo Goddess Ala, in that she represents both the fertile and the fallow earth, the beginning and the ending, life and death. Her name, which means “owner of the earth,” is also seen as Ile.

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never a human
here at the beginning ends
she is earth herself

she opens her heart
it draws illumination
the cycle resumes

she traps the big m
makes the nexus and fulcrum
hangs in her balance

she shows herself still
the woman made full by moons
living fully LIFE