"Brigit Speaks with the Sword” by Mael Brigde

 

Brigit Speaks with the Sword

 

Brigit steps on the field of heroes

red blossoms

black mud churned

lays a hand on every broken stem

 

knife cuts natal cord

scythe fells corn

sword harvests men

 

the smith prays to Brigit

grinds his blade sleek

hardens it as the warrior

shields his heart

but the goddess

is not numb to her tools

 

Brigit keens

addresses spell-rich sword

 

from earth we raised you

with fire made you

grieving and grateful

praise you

now help me sword

dig furrows for our dead

Image: The Burial of Atala, print, Jean-Baptiste-Raphael-Urbain Massard, after Anne Louis Girodet-Trioson (MET, 46.140.13), CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Credit: “Brigit Speaks with the Sword” first published in A Brigit of Ireland Devotional - Sun Among Stars by Mael Brigde, Moon Books (2021).