A Spell Unbinding
Set three seeds
on a raft of yellow birch,
kindled with curls of moss and birch of all sorts,
and cyano blue stained wood,
and place the raft
on the last embers
of a shared fire.
If it doesn't burn,
instead melds all together,
set the raft on moving water and turn away,
not watching it's outward path
away from you.
Return next day
to be sure of its passing.
If the raft is found fetched up against a rock
not three feet from its release into the stream,
and retaining but two of its seeds
and all of its kindling,
take it up
and place it on the bank
to dry and disperse.
Or take it gently to pieces
and float each bit down the waters
watching each path
out of sight.
Set three seeds
on a raft of yellow birch,
kindled with curls of moss and birch of all sorts,
and cyano blue stained wood,
and place the raft
on the last embers
of a shared fire.
If it doesn't burn,
instead melds all together,
set the raft on moving water and turn away,
not watching it's outward path
away from you.
Return next day
to be sure of its passing.
If the raft is found fetched up against a rock
not three feet from its release into the stream,
and retaining but two of its seeds
and all of its kindling,
take it up
and place it on the bank
to dry and disperse.
Or take it gently to pieces
and float each bit down the waters
watching each path
out of sight.