Moonlit Covenant

Circle drawn in salt and ash Candles burning, shadows clash Cut my palm across the line Seven drops of blood and wine Moonlight through the broken glass Illuminates the ritual past Words I've never learned before Rising from my throat and core Blood to stone and stone to root Root to bone and bone to fruit Fruit to seed and seed to soil Soil to oil and oil to boil Under moonlight I am binding Every thread and every finding Under moonlight I am CLAIMED Blood and manor share my name Under moonlight I am weaving Death and life are both believing Under moonlight — I AM WHOLE The covenant consumes my soul Seven thorns arranged in star Speak the names of who they are Grandmother and grandfather too Great-grandmother — I continue Each one answers from the ground Underneath — a rumbling sound The foundation cracks and bleeds The ritual accepts my needs Thorn to vein and vein to heart Heart to mind where visions start Visions bloom in crimson flowers Flowers mark the passing hours Under moonlight I am binding Every thread and every finding Under moonlight I am CLAIMED Blood and manor share my name Under moonlight I am weaving Death and life are both believing Under moonlight — I AM WHOLE The covenant consumes my soul Sanguis et spinae Domus et animae Vinctus in aeternum Luna testis, luna ternum I cut deeper — let it flow Feed the house what it must know I am theirs and they are mine Blood and thorn and root entwine BIND — BIND — BIND — THE BLOOD FEED — FEED — FEED — THE FLOOD SPEAK — SPEAK — SPEAK — THE VOW SEALED — SEALED — SEALED — I'M THEIRS NOW Under moonlight I am binding (Bind the blood) Every thread and every finding (Feed the flood) Under moonlight I am CLAIMED (Speak the vow) Blood and manor share my name (Sealed right now) Under moonlight I am weaving Death and life are both believing Under moonlight — I AM WHOLE The covenant has TAKEN my soul