The White Stag

You came with wonder, came with light

Your fire a-dancing in the night

With branches reaching t’ward the sky

Wisdom of Ages in your eyes

The dappled light on fur so white

Reveals you naked to our sight

You catch my eye, I catch my breath

Suspended here ‘tween life and death

Cernunnos, pure Forest Hart

You came now

Cernunnos, from the Otherworld

Like a flame now

From distant lands I’ve heard you call

Your spreading antlers broke the fall

Of stars that tumbled from the sky

Your cloven hooves have climbed on high

Bringer of change and Lord of Light

Through forest glad and ancient rite

With fur so white and eyes so bright

You changed my life and then took flight

I am the wind on the sea

I am a flood across a plain

I am a boar who’s brave of heart

I am a tear the Sun let’s fall

I am a hawk above the cliff

I am a salmon in the pool

I am a wonder among flowers

I am a stag of seven tines