In a room made of variant faces

telling time & occasion

young heir, Kan B’ahlam, 

stands on a precious shell pedestal

as god hand unwinds serpent vine

bloomed with maize head

marked female Ix.

He holds blood – letting instrument

to center, Na Te’ K’an, first ripe plant, 

sprouted from a lily head rooted below surface,

takes human symmetry.

Wearing k’an yellow crown,

scarlet feathers, syllable sign la;

leafy arms extend twin heads – facing skyward.

Sun-eyed Kan B’ahlam grown tall

out of a skull mountain cleft

offers mirror image Lord, Ahau,

to Itzam -Ye, first feathered crest

on a totem tree risen from white flower water.