I Had Been in Prison

I had been in prison. I was released in the moon when ponies shed.

I had grown apart from the GODDESS and the EARTH MOTHER.

RHIANNON came to me in a DREAM, red roses bloomed.

She said "be with SPIRIT and ride the mountains to the buffalo."

A feeling came upon me, I felt very light. My SPIRIT horse stopped. His ears pointed to the sky.

There was a sound like many bees. A voice came from a cloud. "MARERIDER, I am with you. "I saw a red hawk soaring above us.

Then a white MARE ran down from the sky, red roses bloomed from her hooves. Then we were high up on a sacred bluff a thin horse stood before us. Red in color and gaunt.

Red horse spoke, "I am RHIANNON. You must feed me sweet grass and grain."

The horse GODDESS then rolled upon earth MOTHER. When SHE stood SHE was fat and shiny.

Tears came from my eyes and watered the earth. There was sweet grass all around.

Hawk feathers appeared in the HORSES mane. There were black lightning bolts up on her chest. A pipe filled with red willow was on the ground between us.

SHE spoke again, "smoke this pipe with ME. Honor the four directions and EARTH MOTHER and FATHER SKY."

I blew smoke. the MARE spoke. "You are reborn in SPIRIT as HORSE." I smoked again.

SHE spoke "I send four powers to you." From the east came a white MARE with the daybreak star upon her forehead.

She spoke, "I love and bless you."

From the west a golden MARE made of sun.

She spoke, "I love and bless you."

From the south. "I send a sister to you, a grey ghost mare with thunder marks on her sides. SHE shall love and be within us.

So, then I shall send your SPIRIT paint from the north. He shall be with you and bring you to the great hoop of life. You shall be at its center.

As your sisters and brothers run up on the hoop they shall be drawn into you. They are sister, brother, friend and MY children.

You are now the MARERIDER and HERDKEEPER of MY own.

They, you and I are as the hawk and the horse. WE are of the earth and sky."

Then SHE sang to me.

"Thin horse make her over.

You, MARERIDER, will come from the dawn into this SACRED circle." We all became of the great circle of life.

RHIANNON and all that SHE is, became us. HER people of the HERD.

I could see a great shining in me lighting all over the LAND.

She spoke again, "blessed be MARERIDER and my HERDKEEPER, love MY children."

"I am you as you are ME and a part of all of mine."

Then came the thunder MARE. She blew storm clouds from her nostrils upon us.

I slept.

When I awoke SPIRIT stood above me.He was pushing me with his nose and pawing at me. There was a red tail hawk feather in his mane. There were red roses and many tracks in the earth around us.

SPIRIT helped me up. We rode. The stars were very bright.

We could feel the GODDESS. It was good.

May SHE always bless us