Let me speak of your threefold ways…

3 witches, 3 wishes, 3 drops of your potion,
3 spins of your wheel to set all in motion.

3 eyes to perceive past, present, and future,
3 blessings of love, to soothe, nourish, and suture.

3 colours of white, black, and red,
3 limbs of action: arms, legs, and head.

3 phases of maiden, mother, and crone,
3 substances of body: blood, flesh, and bone.

3 great planes of land, sea, and sky,
3 mysterious riddles, to hold all of life’s why?

3 gifts to take in, of food, drink, and breath,
3 cycles of being: rebirth, life, and death.

3 rolls of your dice, 3 chances for luck,
3 sisters weave fate, by which we are struck.

3 chapters of beginning, middle, and end,
3 paths to choose from, one to befriend.

3 mighty waters: oceans, rivers, and lakes,
3 sister-queens share power for all of our sakes.

3 lights of the sky; sun, moon, and stars reign.
3 landscapes of mountain, valley, and plain,

3 junctures of change: threshold, outside and in,
3 modes of love: erotic, parental, and of kith or kin.

3 ways to feel you, through body, heart, and mind,
3 kisses to greet you, in all that I find.

Blessed be Great Goddess Three!

By Sadhu Valakhilyas

IMAGES:
Terracotta Goddess (Gandhara, Pakistan)
Cycladic Goddess (Greece)
Triskelion (New Grange, Ireland)