Paula Louise Oneste

Here I stand
Daughter of the moon
Cessair.
Poet of Arianrhod
Daughter of Dana, the Mother and Queen
Keeper of the house of Sidh
Daughter of the Northwest wind; I am
Cessair.
Navigator on water
Mistress on shore
Fair as a flower
Daughter of Darkness
Daughter of the House of Arianrhod.

I am the flash of sun on water.
I am the clash of battle swords.
I am the teeth in the sea-shark's mouth.
I am the blood of wild beasts.
I am the fire in the witch's hearth.
I am the evening sky ablaze--
The red of serpents' tongues,
The black of deepest night.
I am a mare that knows no reins.

I thread the stars across the sky.
I am the kiss of lovers' lips.
I am the mortar and the stone.
I am the song of my homeland.