Spring Equinox 2010 (two days early)

Spring Equinox 2010 - a reading (on YouTube)

Today, the world divides into two equal parts, light and darkness, day and night, hemispheres. Patterns ripple and flow between the two across a twilight bridge where reason and emotion intertwine, a thoroughfare for dreams.

At eventide, the faeries make their presence known. They fight a proxy war beneath the banner of the Green Man to change the world from dun and gray to verdant, vital and marked with color.

At dusk, they lead a procession with tiny torches, flickering on and off, tempting restless wanderers to explore the realms of Nyx and Nott. Garments woven with threads of silver, sapphire and garnet twinkle against the indigo fabric of night. Their gossamer congregations sometimes mask the moon.

At dawn, they daub bare branches with sponges of chartreuse and burgundy that float just above the wood like a colorful haze. Each morning they experiment with palettes of purple, pink and red, preparing unique mixtures to swirl and stain fresh blossoms, applying vivid splashes based on a secret color theory whispered across the wind by the idyll masters of each pastoral, floral guild.

Betwixt, they flit and flutter on capricious yellow wings, surveying frivolous domains. Tiny harpers call the tune for a battle in song between the secular and religious, divisions whose champions are plumed in steely blue and Cardinal red. Vagabond minstrels range behind the lines to gently mock each side.

There is purpose to their chaotic motion. They seek to lull a chthonic deity into releasing his vestal maiden captive so they might initiate her into the Eleusinian mysteries and crown her Queen of Spring.

As the coronet of supple snowdrops settles upon her flowing midnight tresses, her parti-colored entourage celebrates with bawdy songs and brimming cups of nectar. The long sleep of winter has ended. Let the dreams of summer begin.

© 2010 Edward P. Morgan III