Winged Iris  
messenger of the gods  
stands with one foot upon the earth  
and one in a pool of water  
straddling the rainbow bridge  
between two worlds.  

She pours water from one cup into another  
tempering the essences of life.   

Behind her  
the path of Temperance  
leads to a mountain top  
a higher state of consciousness 
aglow with the light of Spirit.   

In this life  
we experience the world  
through a veil of perception  
created by the ego  
and our Higher Self.   

But through the union  
of intuition and reality  
we lift the veil of illusion  
revealing all around us  
hidden messages  
from the Divine.