Keltic Hero

By Autumn Laird

I am the hunter, I am the singer,

I am the dancer, I am the maker,

I am the forger, I am the warrior,

I am the sun, I am the hero,

I am the one who legends are made from,

I am the keening sword on the field of men,

I am the blistered thumb from the cauldron stirrings,

I am the one whose flight is the eagle,

I am the stag in the forest protecting the mysteries,

I am spear tipped with blood,

I am the shield of honor shining in the sun,

I am the sword of truth fighting false tongues,

I am a bird who sings from the gateway of the Otherworld,

I am a frog whose skin is medicine who heals,

I am wolf who hunts the lonely shadows of the moon in the calm wood,

I am a adder who basks in the company of the ancient stones,

I am the boar whose tusks are a weapon of madness and strength,

I am the proud bear whose light shines forth in power and right,

I am a dragon who springs from the earth to the air with fire in the eyes,

I am the calm seal who swims in a vast sea of changing mists,

I am a salmon who moves upstream to find where we once began,

I am the dog who is lean and loyal to the hunt,

I am the fox who escapes the battle trumpets with sly cunning,

I am the rabbit who dances in the bathing moon,

I am the cat who teaches patience and love for the mysteries above,

I am the bee who holds fast for the sake of the community,

I am the horse who bears the weight of the battle front and carries the flag of triumph,

I am the bull who is lightening masculine,

I am the hero who is embodied by tales of battle cries and blood,

I am the lover and father who's gentleness must equal strength,

I am the code by which man must earn faith, honor, and trust,

I am the babe who once suckled the mother as every man does,

And by fortune lies my blood with continue pulse with life in every moment of windy strife,

For I am the Keltic Hero speaking still from beyond the grave,

To instill now in my ancestors the life I craved to live by.