The Wheel -

As the sunrise

On the shortest day

My crying greets the dawn

Tears of dew form on the web

As I am reborn

Feel new life spring

From the Earth

As the Mother of All Life

Gives birth

Though I am a child

I will soon become a man

Feel the warmth upon your skin

Sense the animal inside

As every creature on the land

Feels the rising tide

The natural rhythms

Of the land

As the Goddess takes my hand

Into the Forest Green

With the Horned Man

The waves of corn

Have turned to gold

My time is drawing near

I see my Lady smile at me

Inside I feel no fear

As She raises the scythe

Above Her head

Blood spills on the Earth

As I fall dead

In the Otherworld

I guard Her throne

'Til She returns