Janet K. Rauch

You will see me when it's light,
My colors dazzle and delight.
I'm ancient in the world you live
And if you ask me, I shall give...
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A blanket of snow
glistens fluffy and white
Tucks us in, oh so cozy
for the long winter night
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O Blessed Child of Wonder
Growing in me
We love you so much,
Your daddy and me.
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Worlds apart
Or so it seems
You have your life
I have my dreams
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I am Janet
In Wiccan circles, I am known as Luna Muse
I stand before the Triple Goddess
Maiden, Mother and Crone
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Your daddy was my first born,
Zac was such an awesome child.
He found the world a curious place,
And fate upon him smiled.
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Feel the passion,
surrender deep...
Muse will find you,
wake or sleep.
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Gone are the days of childhood past,
Your womanly quest is calling.
So open your mind, your heart, your soul
And abandon the fear of falling.
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On just my single stem,
O’er the others I shall tower.
My face turned toward the sun
For my namesake is SUNflower.
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When I was young
I used to wear
A pretty ribbon
In my hair
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Starry Starry Night
At last you've taken flight
Where your Spirit soars in harmony
With all that is, and all to be
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She used to hang around a lot. Especially when Indonesian clove smoke danced and swirled around my hand, in and out of me – I breathed it – and her. Where did she go?

Is she as bored as I am at this humdrum existence I'm stumbling through lately? Is she on vacation? Courting some other half-baked aspiring poet who's turning out reams of rhyme and reason while I lay in bed night after night, wide awake and feeling tearful because I can't find myself, my life or my muse?
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Honor your
place in the
universe
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What a crazy life we live, my head’s spinning, is yours?
Yes, we have our daily woes, but yet sweet goddess pours
Her love and blessings in our lives, just look around and see
The best in life we already have, the gift of you and me
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April rains have brought forth
rich, fertile earth
and now, on May Day,
this cross-quarter holiday
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It doesn’t pay to worry
For it won’t bring brighter days
No need to always hurry
Through life’s crazy little maze
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I gaze at myself in the looking glass
Saying, “Life with you has its ups and downs”’
Your response is blended with laughter and sass,
Reflecting, “ I’ve given you smiles and frowns.”
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T’was a day in late August of 2005
When this woman became my client.
Her caseworker would strive
To see that we’d jive
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Have you been inside my room?
It's round without a door.
Its windows are of cellophane
with paper blinds galore.
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Spirits of the East,
South, West, North...
encircle us with your love.
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