Rugged and dark, timeless walls of stone carved by waters long gone whisper around the fire. Words of power are spoken here, murmured in low tones that tighten the air with blackened threads. The weaving has begun.
Initiation.
And there you are, how long have you been there standing in that river bed? Waist high in the mud, what kind of a river has only mud and no water?
What you seek is there, you can feel it at your feet. You stand, you struggle, your arms will not leave your side. They are useless to you here, bound by shackles made of iron forged by the relentless hammer of longing and the blistering fire of pain.
Betray yourself or betray what is yours alone to do?
Surrender.
And with that your toes dig into the mud, dark loving earth giving you the welcome you did not know you wanted.
Arms still bound, any obvious power you might have has long left. So what is left? Feet in the mud, you dig, you feel, you find. The stone meets you half-way, you will always believe that. It nestles into you just as you curl around it. Who knows if you're strong but you've always been flexible and so your foot rises above the mud and your hand finds what your heart has always been looking for.
The ruby is yours forever now, shaped for its seeker. Transformation of liquids and stone by pressure and heat. It will not break. It is not in its nature.
Initiation.
And there you are, how long have you been there standing in that river bed? Waist high in the mud, what kind of a river has only mud and no water?
What you seek is there, you can feel it at your feet. You stand, you struggle, your arms will not leave your side. They are useless to you here, bound by shackles made of iron forged by the relentless hammer of longing and the blistering fire of pain.
Betray yourself or betray what is yours alone to do?
Surrender.
And with that your toes dig into the mud, dark loving earth giving you the welcome you did not know you wanted.
Arms still bound, any obvious power you might have has long left. So what is left? Feet in the mud, you dig, you feel, you find. The stone meets you half-way, you will always believe that. It nestles into you just as you curl around it. Who knows if you're strong but you've always been flexible and so your foot rises above the mud and your hand finds what your heart has always been looking for.
The ruby is yours forever now, shaped for its seeker. Transformation of liquids and stone by pressure and heat. It will not break. It is not in its nature.
