Who Saw Who

I met a lady today
I didn't know her
She didn't know me
I told her what I wanted
She said, “ Follow me “

I said “Please
Tell me the truth
Tell me where I am
Tell where I am going
Tell me why I want to know”

She smiled and didn't stare
She wore blue not black
No red scarf or gold earring
Had no scary cat
Or cloudy orb

She was a teller of the future
A teacher from the past
Reading lifes plan
Telling of tomorrows task
No need to ask

She talked as if she knew
Of things near and far
Of colours red and blue
She spoke of life's chapters
That only I knew

How could she know?
It didn't matter she knew
My life was a book 
Chapters out of order
I wanted her to bind with glue

Her gaze was fixed
She told of people 
Voices from my past
Lives all so mixed
Lives all so short

Words that are questions now
Words answering the past
Words foretelling the future
All stitched and tied together
With the gypsy's suture

Her words like a knife filleting
All the past laid bare
The future I wanted
The present wasn't worth a dare
The future I wanted told with care

The words slowed
Her eyes on me focussed
New seeds were sowed
My path now clear 
 Weeds pulled and mowed

I stood 
Said thank you
She knew I would
Lifes debts now due
Fresh ground afoot



After visiting one
Of lifes sorceresses