Moon-Woman Cuts the Circle

[billy]

Heat ripples the night, and the moon
is blown from her lips in blue smoke,
in the shed blood of dreams, and a crone's memory
of forgotten days of beauty spent is the 1st 'of' needed?
gazing upon still water.

i think the opening line excellent. makes it feel i'm watching a mirage, the next metaphore works well for drifting clouds.
it reminds me of a film called the long ships where some hags asks

"Odin, send the wind and turn the tide" tony curtis ahd been tied to the rocks in order for him to drown by incoming tide

anyway, back to the poem. it has that runic quality. it also reminds me snow white, which i know you're partial too. (the gazing upon still water gave me that thought. i enjoyed it a lot.