Once a tiny bud Who grew outside of her protected liquid garden Into a flowerburst of colors Ultra-hued light A taste of the divine flowing from the heaven of her scent as I hold her and inhale I feel my own creation and hers mingling, with the beat of my womb. Each day, so many colors, growing in intensity Each day so much depth unfurling from within And with that earthsong, song of whales and mermaids, a gorgeous iridescence That bestows light upon me With its transcendant holiness I know I am thus twice blessed: A starsong of delight Who blesses and re-blesses her own miracle of creation. My own joyful garden, both in And out of water Able to burst up and out, Seed by seed by seed. And I wish to explode with it. For now, I take a breath. I have. I hold. We glow.
Written in 2010, after the birth of my third child