Wave on Wave of the Sea Mares Rave by Chris Carol

This year we look forward to a Full Moon near the Spring Equinox. Expect some especially vigorous prancing from the Sea Mares on the shore as the spring tides ebb and flow.

 

"In the moonlight, the crystal light of our manes is glowing clear;

Dragon stones stand alone on the land as we draw near:

Wave on wave, wave on wave

Wave on wave of the Sea Mares rave;

Tides are high as we ride by,

Embrace the tide, and with the Sea Mares ride!

 

Foaming, frothing at lathered lips, hooves churning in the brine;

Manes waving, ranting, raving, we gather line on line:

Wave on wave, wave on wave,

Wave on wave of the Sea Mares rave;

At the Spring Tide, swell with pride,

Embrace the tide, and with the Sea Mares ride!

 

Mighty now, we too must bow to Time's mightier hand;

On the Ebb Tide we subside and graze the golden sand:

Wave on wave, wave on wave,

Wave on wave of the Sea Mares graze;

One and all heed Rhiannon's call

Embrace the tide, and with the Sea Mares ride!"

 

Chris Carol (Ash Moon, Song of Amergin.) **********************************************************************

The place where river meets the ocean is a very special place. The Rune: Os, mouth of the river, refers to the estuary's flow, governed by wind and the moon's tides and the runoff from snowmelt and rain in the interior. One of its mystical meanings is acceptance of change, and the awakening that happens when we do that, deepening our will to go forward.

 

I travel to the place the Siletz river enters the Pacific Ocean, to accept large changes in my life: to mourn loss, to let go, to wait for the blessing and the balance to return.

 

This is a poem by Ursula K Le Guin, set to music with her permission, by Chris Carol, and sung many times at the Mouth.

 

"Wind, wind, bring me back my feather;

Sea, sea, bring me back my ring;

Death, death, bring me back my mother

So that she can hear me sing.

 

Song, song, go and tell my daughter;

Tell her that I wear the ring;

Say I fly upon the feather Fallen from the falcon's wing."

Blessings of wind and water, bringing the balance of ebb and flow at this Equinox.

 

Chris.