Moirai

Unspooled by Clotho

Red thread through the needle’s eye

Of our two broken hearts

I writhe in ecstasy as we knot and tangle

Inextricable

Wrapped in spider silk

Bathed in river water

Licked with flame

Our two threads encircled each other

In motions parallel

Too soon yet to converge

Fate and time dancing together

Until until

Until Lachesis dreamed/deemed us worthy

We wove ourselves together

Rich tapestry of becoming

I feel our web stretch through planes of time

Vibrations I can’t yet make sense of

Pulse through my body

Atropos, I beg you

Forget us for a while

No time could be long enough

With her hand wrapped in mine

The Fates (Moirai) Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos were three sisters and divinities in Greek mythology who presided over human life. Together, the Fates represented the inescapable destiny of humanity. The Fates were divine beings who personified the birth, life, and death of humankind. Clotho spun the red ‘thread’ of human fate, Lachesis dispensed it, and Atropos cut the thread; determining the individual’s moment of death.