You
Let me speak.
Let me think.
Let me love the Theoi
With piety and devotion –
With Mystery and emotion!
Without wracking condemnation
Strewn through every conversation…

I
Want to be,
Want to learn,
Want to serve in ways I’m able,
Want to bring ME to the table.
And to play and laugh and sing
Through whatever work I’m doing.

We
Keep the temples,
Keep the shrines
In the “real world” and “online.”
Hold the space so all may worship
In a growing air of friendship.
Honor scholars.
Praise the mystics.
Let each one search for his own gnosis.

Neokoroi
Neokoroi
You have given me community –
A place to serve, and be.
A place to grow, and become.
My sincere wish
Is to give back.

~ Laurelei Black, 2010 Agon for the Founding of Neokoroi