cleansing/banishing spell

[starfrosting]

Scrubbed down your doorway with cinnamon and salt
in the hidden light of the waning moon.
Beat all the corners of the house with a broom.
Swept up all the dirt real good,
scooped up years of dust with my fingers
+ wiped down all the surfaces til they gleamed,
sandalwood and bleach.
The wind blew in from between two rivers
I swept your shit right out the door.
I blessed my house with my hands and breath
weeks of prayer and shining floors.
Sprinkled rum in all the corners of these shared rooms,
paschal doorjambs and banishing pentacles on the front door.
Sprinkled rum in blessing and in thanks.

Comments

[luna-virgo.livejournal.com]

I like this (as a poem and a spell).

This is my cleansing/banishing time of year.

culling/cleansing

[starfrosting.livejournal.com]

Thank you.
It does feel really, really good- and particularly auspicious to get some of that kind of work done on a waning moon right after Samhain.