breathe<\/p>\n\n\n\n
i talk to trees
and tonight they are talking back<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the flower moon rises full in scorpio
flowers and the underworld
blooming and unraveling
beauty and the unflinching dark<\/p>\n\n\n\n
this is not a contradiction
this is the whole truth<\/p>\n\n\n\n
you cannot have the flower
without the rot that fed it
scorpio knows this
beltane knows this
tonight so do you<\/p>\n\n\n\n
breathe<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the hawthorn speaks<\/p>\n\n\n\n
i bloom once a year
and i do not apologize
for how completely i do it<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the flower moon means nothing held back
full means this is what surviving the dark earned you<\/p>\n\n\n\n
let yourself be full<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the oak speaks<\/p>\n\n\n\n
i went underground for months
you thought i was gone<\/p>\n\n\n\n
i was becoming capable of this<\/p>\n\n\n\n
she opens into the moonlight
without apology
without making herself smaller
so the flowering looks less extravagant<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the flower moon rises every may and says
look what made it through<\/p>\n\n\n\n
you made it through<\/p>\n\n\n\n
breathe<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the apple tree speaks in blossom<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the flower moon says abundance is coming
she says the blossoming is the proof<\/p>\n\n\n\n
not the fruit
not what you will eventually be useful for<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the flower
right now
is enough<\/p>\n\n\n\n
scorpio carries this
the most profound beauty
grows from the deepest dark<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the flower and the underworld
were never opposites
they were always
the same truth wearing different faces<\/p>\n\n\n\n
breathe deeper<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the willow leans into her reflection<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the flower moon makes everything visible
every blossom
every grief still composting beneath you
every tender new thing
you have not shown anyone yet<\/p>\n\n\n\n
scorpio says look
the flower moon says
what you see is beautiful
even the parts you were going to hide<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the elder speaks last<\/p>\n\n\n\n
i have watched ten thousand flower moons rise
ten thousand witches standing at the crossing
between the death they survived
and the life they were afraid to claim<\/p>\n\n\n\n
every time
the flower moon says the same thing<\/p>\n\n\n\n
you did not endure all of that
to bloom quietly<\/p>\n\n\n\n
be the whole flower
the extravagant impossible bloom
that grew from grief
and came out gorgeous<\/p>\n\n\n\n
breathe<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the forest speaks as one<\/p>\n\n\n\n
what died in you was not wasted
it went into the ground
the ground gave it to the roots
the roots gave it to this<\/p>\n\n\n\n
this flowering
this terrifying beautiful aliveness
you almost did not let yourself have<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the flower moon is full in scorpio
on beltane
and she is blinding tonight for a reason<\/p>\n\n\n\n
rise<\/p>\n\n\n\n
bloom like you mean it<\/p>\n\n\n\n
you survived the dark
to do exactly this<\/p>\n\n\n\n
breathe<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and flower<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2014lyra moon (the underworld given petals and permission)
may 1, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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