When Mother Ishtar Walks

When Mother Ishtar Walks
© Surazeus
2018 03 31

White flowers bloom from bare branches of trees
when sweet electric sap flows up their limbs,
urged by the warm glow of the gleaming sun
whose flashing rays spark everything to life
after seeming death from cold winter winds,
stirring from sleep to flourish in the rain
when Mother Ishtar walks the Earth again.

Zombies crawl from their graves reborn as Angels
who gather in mountain groves to sing hymns
praising vigor of life that flushes fresh, 
and vampires drink fruit juice instead of blood
after defeating the serpents with wings
to tend their orchards where cold rivers flow
when Mother Astra walks the Earth again.

Emerging from cabins covered by snow,
we open doors and windows to the wind
that blows through flowers of tall forest trees
and tend the roots of vines and vegetables
so shoots will sprout to provide fresh produce
and grapes plump with rain that refresh our hearts
when Mother Ostre walks the Earth again.

Gathering in spacious cathedral of stone
with family and friends we love to see,
we share bountiful feast of eggs and milk,
then sing sweet hymns of praise for Mother Earth
who nourishes our bodies with her love
under full moon after Spring equinox
when Mother Easter walks the Earth again.