Wheel of Fortune

January 3, 2025

La Santa Muerte

I have seen her twice.
Once, reflected in a mirror
hung opposite a dying patient's bed.
The first time, as a girl of ten
walking alone on a neighborhood street at dusk.
I did not know her then.
She is not a mythical creature
but a citizen of non-ordinary reality.
I have learned that she belies our belief
that we are in control of anything,
that, in the future, we will figure it all out.
Our ashes are a reckoning.
But then, there are constellations.

13 lines
Prompt: Write about a mythical creature

Dark Goddess Tarot--13--Death--La Santa Muerte--Be grateful for the gift of each moment.