Of Blood and Bone...

She lay herself down

Woman of the Womb

On her knees

Curling into herself 

Curling into  the earth-The Mother of all Mothers

Who lives the truth of live, death, life

Every moment of every day

Here, in the Earth Womb

She poured herself out

Weeping of heart and mind

She, but a moment lost

A skeleton come home

To find the remainder of herself

To feel the Life Blood course thru her

To moisten the Bones of Grief

To replenish what was shocked away 

stolen by the struggle, by the lie

She yells out

Thrashing upon the stones,

beating her chest

"When will this end?", she begs.

"How will this end?" she cries.

And as she lays herself down

no answers come.

Just the stillness of the winds breath

As it gently intertwines with her grief  
lifting her just enough...
Just enough for the blood flow to move
through broken bones
just enough for her to hear the heartbeat 
of Life below her
just enough for her to remember

With dirt on her face
and tears stinging in the wind
She surrenders herself to all she knows
and all that she doesn't
She feels the Great Mother take her in
She hears Her whispers of knowing
The Great Mother knows the grief of all Mothers
Those with their own offspring
and those who are mother to others 
She knows the love
The Women of the Womb carry
She knows of Blood and Bone
Of disappointment and hurt
Of worry and fear
Of standing on the side as her children fall
She Knows
She Feels
She Listens

And The Great Mother Allows
She allows the Woman o the Womb to weep
As She soaks up her tears and breathes new life into her
She transforms her confusion
and gives back a clearer vision

She can hold It
It is what She does
Our Great Mother of all Life
Adn She does it in such a way
that even when life comes to death,
New life will begin again

Here
in this place
The woman of the Womb knows
She feels the Loving Life Force
beneath her body
She hears the stories of the past
and the stories that are yet to come

She will live out this grief
 this joy
this deep Love from the Mother's Womb
Where all life is but Blood and Bone
as fradgile as a snowflake
and equally beautiful
Where pleasure and pain walk hand in hand
as friends
one without the other
Knowing that in Love all things must Be
All things must Live

Her mama heart tender
she rises to her feet
her roots go deep into the red core center
where fire and flame hold life
Her hands and mind rise up high into the heavens
where stars sing healing songs 
and moons give healing light
Unsure of whats to come
she knows this

She is Alive
Alive in Love
of Blood and Bone
And so It is
It was
and forever
It shall Be

~Catherine Beerda-Basso
copyright 2014

Love and Light