Mid Summer's Fire

They still burn Witches

As a reminder, they say

To keep evil away

Which Fires are you keeping burning?

The one in your heart

Or the one tonight?

What Witches ever deserved a fate that evil?

Why are you maintaining this horrible event?

Erasing their songs of old, the language, the narrative, the art

Are they erasing only their shame or are they making amends?

They still burn Witches

Because they forget

Traditions

Are originally made from celebration

From pagan ceremonies and rituals

To merge the old into the new

They burned us in his Name, but they misused and misunderstood his Fire

They say it is to keep evil away

What evil were ever found in the Women with powers?

They still burn Witches

For being wise, powerful, knowing, seeing, hearing, feeling

And thus being a threat to the Lies we are fed

So when you join the Midsummer Fire tonight

Are you, too, still burning Witches

Or are you one of those

Who never left the Fire?

Still embodying the flames, the purification, knowing

What is to give Light

Must endure Burning

They still burn Witches

So..

‘In this Fire:

may shadows be embraced by Light

may consciousness be purified

may the bound be free

may fear be met and understood

In this Fire may Truth be reborn..’

Image:

Kristen Herber

'Spiritual Women dancing around a Fire under the starry Sky'