A Monastic Cell

A monastic cell should be a santuary and not a prison.

I’m not the kind of nun who bricks herself in 
(although those who do might find 
a greater freedom). 

I am a nun with a horse within who likes to run, 
hounds to hunt, crows to converse with the living and dead.

I caretake this space as a cell within the body
of this place, of this world, of this universe, of Annwn.

I listen for the heartbeat and obey only the Rule of the Heart.

I Will Go On

I am
green growth
rising from rhizome,
bud and bulb.

I am
sepal, petal,
stigma, stamen,
stolon,

male and female,

sexual
and asexual.

I am
pretty where
you want me: I am tulip,
poppy, geranium
and rose.

I am
hogweed,
balsam, knotweed
where you
don’t.

No-one
can stop me.

No Arthur
can lock me up.

Even my beloved
in his cold stone fortress
loses his hold.

I am
Creiddylad.

I am freedom

reaching from
darkness towards
the sun.

I will go on.