On the night you were born,

Sky made love to Earth—  

passionate and filled with such fervor, that a 

rumbling, orgasmic, catalytic combustion of 

All Life was created.

 

Word,

Sound

danced in infinite darkness until light spun  

through Sky’s fingers— 

        weaving a lightning rod, 

        penetrating the heart of Earth. 

 

Gasping, blissful     breath entered the

Seed of Life and      All cracked open in delight.

 

Diamonded stars and solar mist, 

        enshrined across the horizon line,

orchestrated the animating music that lives in All 

(in you).

 

Ah, the cosmic (resi)dew of new life 

       slowly    dripped   down the    rainbow   serpent   spine of Sky,

birthing Ocean.

There and     deep    down there—

microorganisms and metabolic earth       beats its 

new life 

into the drumming    heart   of    Her,

encapsulating the Web of    All, 

The Wyrd of All

The Word of All:

The Spirit that breathes in All.    

 

Your skin    your skin    your skin 

paints echoes of cosmic sound— 

tattooed   swirling   symbols of light

illuminated in the darkest of nights        

                to remind you of your radiant brilliance.  

 

(Will you 

         remember 

                         who you are?)

 

You are the mycelium,   the organisms, 

        the macro & the micro.

 

You are       earth    sky      bones  

light     blood     winged   wonder 

 

Earth Maa carries the memory of the birth before 

birth    before    birth

After the birth    of the 

first birth 

before your birth: 

It’s   all    held in the seasons.

 

On the night you were born       (when   All   was born)

Earth Maa chose to rise      each year    to meet her lover, 

Sky

at the height of Sun’s grace,      to make love once more— 

 

Tides swell,    then depart    in the greatest degree   

       at the nexus point:

Polar Star guides the way, 

bringing the electric promise of health, fertility, oneness. 

 

And on this day, this Return of Love,

honeyed Sun soars high to remind you of your fluid strength,

breathing dense resilience in your bones— 

bones of        skylight & dirt,        ocean fire.

 

No matter how dark, 

no matter how dry     and   cracked, 

        weary and lonely 

heartbroken and aching— 

encoded within you, within us, within All, 

is the 

 

Ever return of Eternal Life

      each time 

Sky and Earth make love. 

©Rebecca Cavender