Craig Ciaran Lennon

CIARAN AND ENDA

IT IS STRANGE TO BE HERE. THE MYSTERY NEVER LEAVES YOU ALONE.
BEHIND YOUR IMAGE, BELOW YOUR WORDS, ABOVE YOUR
THOUGHTS, THE SILENCE OF ANOTHER WORLD WAITS. A WORLD
LIVES WITHIN YOU. (JOHN O’DONOHUE)

CIARAN LEFT THE MAINLAND,
THE SORROWS AND THE WOUNDING WORLD,
ROWED HIS WOMBLIKE CURRAGH
OUT TO INIS MOR.
BELOVED ENDA DRUID PRIEST
WAS THERE IN THE HARBOR,
A RAVEN-MIND FULL OF VISIONS.
HE HAD KNOWN ALL HIS LIFE THAT THIS MOMENT WOULD ARRIVE,
HIS RADIANT DISCIPLE WAS COMING FROM ANOTHER SHORE.

CIARAN HAD FIRE IN HIS HEAD
AND GOLDEN GREEN FLAMES WEAVING IN HIS HEART.
THE MOMENT THEY LAID MINDS ON EACH OTHER
THEY MET IN THE PUREST OCEAN OF AWARENESS
AS ENDA TRANSMITTED HIS MANDALA VISION
IMPRINTING THE SECRET PALACE OF MOON AND SUN.

ENDA DROVE AN ARROW INTO HIS HEART
AND CIARAN HAD THE FEVER
THAT CLOSED THE DOORS OF HIS EYES
SO THAT HE COULD LEARN TO SEE
WITH SECOND SIGHT.
CIARAN LOST ALL WORDS
AND HIS THOUGHTS WENT QUIET,
HIS SOUL WENT SOARING HIGH ABOVE THE IRISH SEA
BEYOND THE NINTH WAVE.
GOLDEN GREEN CHARIOTS WERE ON FIRE
PREPARING HIM FOR THE NEW RESURRECTION.

HE WAS ABLAZE IN THE CENTER OF ENDA’S MANDALA
A GOLDEN GREEN LATTICE RISING OUT OF THE COSMIC WATERS.

HIS SOUL WAS A LUMINOUS DAZZLE
DANCING OUT UPON THE WATER
GLISTENING SACRED GEOMETRY
A FINE PARCHMENT OF LOVE
A KNOWING THAT CANNOT BE SPOKEN
HOW THE SEA WITHHOLDS NOTHING
RECEIVES EVERYTHING INTO ITS DEPTHS.

HE FOLLOWED LONGING TO ABSOLUTE RELINQUISHMENT
BEYOND COMPREHENSION.
HE BECAME THE BENDING LIGHT OF SKY AND SEA,
LIVING INSIDE OF ENDA’S SECRET ICONOGRAPHY
GREEN GOLD FLAMES
UPON THE BLUE-SKY WATERS.

AN INNATE UNTAMED LONGING
THRASHED HIM UPON THE WAVES
AND DROWNED HIM
IN THE WILD WONDERMENT OF THE SEA,
SMOLDERING SHADOWS AND THE COMMOTION OF THE STARS
AND THE BEAUTY OF THE IRISH SEA CALM AND STILL IN MOONLIGHT.

HIS MIND RESTED IN THE DEEPENING CLARITY
THE WAY CONSTELLATIONS FLOAT UPON THE FACE OF WATER
HE BECAME THE MIRROR OF THE UNIVERSE
OF ALL CREATION
GONE GONE COMPLETELY GONE SO DEEP
LIKE SNOW THAT DISAPPEARS INTO THE WAVES
A CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE THAT MELTS, ONLY TO BE REBORN.


INIS MOR

I LEFT THE ISLE OF INIS MOOR
AND BELOVED ENDA
MYSTIC PRIEST.
HIS GIFT TO ME WAS TO SEND ME AWAY
FAR FROM FAMILIAR LOVE AND PROTECTION
CAST OUT UPON THE IMPOSSIBLE IRISH SEA.

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
I WENT ADRIFT,
SURRENDERED TO THE WILD CURRENTS OF WIND,
TRANSPARENT TO ALL CREATION,
MY FRAGILE CURRAGH BOBBING
LIKE A TINY COMMUNION WAFER
OUT UPON THE VAST AND TERRIBLE OCEAN…

AND MY PRAYERS TURNED INTO WINGED FORMS OF LIGHT***
“GOD PROTECT ME FROM THE BOTTOMLESS PERIL
AND UNDERWATER VOICES,
THE JAWS OF WAVES THAT SNAP LIKE THUNDER
AND MENACING TEETH TO CARRY ME UNDER.
SHELTER ME FROM MY ANCIENT FEARS.

BUT WHEN THE SIRENS’ SONG
RISES UP FROM THE LIPS OF THE SEA
LET ME BE LOST SO THAT I CAN BE FOUND
FOLLOWING THE SWEET MELODY
THAT NO MAN CAN BEAR TO HEAR.

THE CLOSER I AM DRAWN INTO YOUR LOVE
I AM A WILDFIRE SPINNING OUT UPON YOUR VAST WATERS.
WHAT GOOD IS A BOAT
WHEN I HAVE ALREADY DROWNED IN MY BELOVED’S SONG
AND THERE IS NOTHING MORE TO HOLD?”


ICARUS

“AFTER THE GRAVITY WEIGHT OF SORROW COMES SALVATION
THE ETERNAL CHILD KNOWS THE POETRY OF RESURRECTION”

HOW COULD YOU HAVE KNOWN
THE BODY IS A BRIEF MELTING CANDLE,
AND THE POWER OF YOUR SOUL’S RADIANT BURNING
WAS MORE THAN YOUR FRAGILE FLESH COULD HANDLE?

FLY THAT WAY
AND LOSE YOUR WINGS
THE WORLD FALLS AWAY
AS THE QUEEN OF HEAVEN SINGS.
LOSE YOUR CHAINS
AND GAIN THE SKY
UNTIL YOU SMOLDER
IN THE SUN’S GLARING EYE.

YOU LAND IN THE CRADLE OF THE MOON
WHEN YOU FALL THAT FAR, ETERNITY COMES SOON,
SAVED BENEATH THE SEA IN THE MOTHER’S WOMB
HER DEEP EMBRACE IS YOUR REBIRTHING ROOM.
SHE KNITS YOU NEW BONES FOR YOUR SOUL TO KEEP
AND A NEW FLESH GARMENT FROM THE TEARS THAT SHE WEEPS.

IN THE MOMENT OF YOUR RISING
HEAVEN FLOODS AND THE SKY CRIES
THE WIND MOANS WAVES OF SORROW
THE UNIVERSE WEEPS FOR YOU, FALLEN CHILD.

THE GREAT MOTHER
HOLDS YOU IN INFINITE SOFTNESS.
WITH ONE LAST KISS
SHE RELEASES YOU
LIKE MOONLIGHT.

JULY 4 2025
FOR A BROTHER DROWNED


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