Horley

A crescent Moon
A clearing in a tongue of land
Was where
At the extreme North West
Of Oxfordshire
on Warwickshire’s
border share

On 8.27 acres
Of level paddock land
Slightly acidic based rich soil
On clay I understand
At the Southern edge of Horley
A permanent pasture green
Wroxton Brook and Horley Brook
And Sor Brook raised the scene

It’s been a wild flower meadow
It’s beauty then divine
A tributary of the Cherwell
On the Banbury Warwick Line

Near the Eastern Boundary
Crowning a steep hill
Historically spectacular
Bounded by the streams that spill
Their gentleness an favour
Dappling they be
Once watercress did flourish
Near the mill extraordinary

Some 20 years of thought and care
And literally no vile
Chemicals or fertilisers
How to reconcile
The Hawthorns and Crab Apples
And the Oaks resplendent gaze
With sweet far reaching noble views
And a quiet distinguished phase

We Aligned ourselves to the energy of calm
And certain praise
Harbingers of fertility
From Saxon times it be
A medieval village
Of true blown sanctity.

A labyrinth of circles
Grass and clover clung
A fire bowl at its centre
And,we three among
The magical impressions
The light and sky above
Our wondrous ritual spoken
With slow and honest love

Bespoke with pure emotion
Sensational aplomb
On a super moon in Aries
New beginnings our rule of thumb
Not until September next year 2024
A portal stood and we three felt
A ceremony of gloriousness
An Earth Resonance was dealt.

Perceived of actual wonder
The licking flames did call
Incense curled into the air
With love and breath and all
The majesty of being
Of seeing
the torsion field provide
Structure and connectedness
Where’s Together we did hide
We repeated the mantras
Feeling them all through
As the light was fading
Consciousness did accrue

A soulful and sustaining attitude
to care
We drove down to the boundary
Sucking in the air
All three of us moved greatly
Inspired by this green land
We purposefully shared the offerings
And could then understand

We could feel the time of yesteryear
And The many souls before
Who worked and walked these hallowed
Steps
In times of peace and war
Great value placed on ritual
A bold enlightening, here
Spoken with collective verve
And an impassioned tear.