Goddess Poetry

The Two Gretels

The two Gretels were exploring the forest.

Hansel was home

sending up flares.

Sometimes one Gretel got afraid.

She said to the other Gretel,

"I think I'm afraid."

"Of course we are," Gretel replied.

Sometimes the other Gretel whispered,

with a shiver,

"You think we should turn back?"

To which her sister Gretel answered,

"We can't. We forgot the breadcrumbs."

So, they went forward

because

they simply couldn't imagine the way back.

And eventually, they found the Gingerbread House,

and the Witch, who was really, they discovered,

the Great Good Mother Goddess,

and the all lived happily ever after.

The moral of this story is:

Those who would have the whole loaf,

let alone the House,

had better throw away their breadcrumbs.

~ Robin Morgan