#hermes devotional

May you be safe and warm wherever you all are.

In life and death, I fear not For there is true security In the care of Kataibatês In his strength, his selfless and gentle soul I have learned to wholeheartedly adore So while my grave is made And my body buried for the deepest sleep I know he will guide me With the deepest understanding For he has done this for longer Than humanity can dare to remember

In my last breaths, no bitterness will reside There is no room for the smallest sliver of it Not when peace and calm become my entire being

I expected this from the start I thought of a thousand scenarios Of how one can go out and have long since Come to terms with the inevitable When to live is to know death's arrival The passing of my spirit into the next life A new home to me, but oh so familiar For I have been here before many times Without a memory but only a feeling Of past, present, and future I know not Only that Hermes, giver and taker of sleep, Will take my hand and lead me down below

O' Hermes of the whispers, of intense silence Sooth all affected by my loss as you have Soothed me a thousand times over for this moment For this is simply a temporary disconnect between us

O Hermes, god of travels and travellers,

Messenger of divinity, he who runs through the clouds and plays mischief upon the hour;

Son of Maia, Ruler of Mercury, you who rule over the herms, who marks the roads upon we go,

I praise your presence in every letter and every drop of ink that hits the paper.

He who came from Pan we thank,

Praiseth the man with the winged shoes, the king of chariots, God of thieves and hereby fortune.

The psychopomp clad in colours of fire, out of a turtle shell plays the lyre,

Flies above and under Olympus,

The man, the myth, the legend, knows no bounds

He who watches over sheperds in the fields,

God of planes, saint of medicine,

Honour the dice, honour the wine, honour the cheese;

Hermes

With the fruit/flowers of a strawberry tree and crocus.

Winged messenger

Fleet of foot and sharp of wit

Silver-tongued one

with the mischievous grin

Your antics

bring much needed smiles

Your pranks remind me

not to take myself too seriously

Although we have just met

I am drawn to you

Your presence is undeniable

With you I feel safe in my travels

You listen intently

to every whispered prayer

falling from my lips in disarray

You know how

to put them back together

to deliver them with care

When I'm down on my luck

you help me find some

Glittering coins

littering sidewalks

to remind me that you're there

I humbly ask

that you join me on my journey

Lead me down my path