Ma

Since it is going to be Mother's day on Sunday, I thought I'd share my poem about the divine mother. Here it is:

She is like an egg

all round and wobbly,

ceaselessly performing 

that silly dance, making 

sense of space surrounding her.

She is rooted in her own navel,

soil pregnant with possibilities. 

Her trunk, with rings infinite,

is proud to see the fruition of time;

when the wind picks up,

she sways smiling. 

Her limbs stretch through creation

so that she may playfully place

crowns on all her children,

with no exception.

And        when        we        fall

whether it be from floor fifteen,

from fascination, or from grace,

she is that perfect      permanent      pillow,

who swallows us whole

into her linen and feathers,

and then gently eases us 

back to the surface

so that we may again take a look 

at this bright, revolving world

that we had somehow forgotten how to see.

-Nyssa Rhiannon

04/30/05