Resurrection

Shakti has been dancing

Twirling with arms wide

Feet spinning

Knowing the axis of energy.

But she is lost now

Alone in darkness,

and terrified.

It isn't the velvety darkness;

It isn't the night holding her -

It is the void

Where she pulls invisibility around her

Receding into the deep.

It is not safe anymore,

In the open.

The One Who Has No Joy

Must take hers

To feed his hunger.

But that is an emptiness without end.

Though he will hunt her relentlessly

And finding her hiding place,

Devour her.

Her bones will be burned

And her ashes

Rising like a whirlwind

Will Dance.

Resurgence

If all of us told all our stories

They would cover the earth

Like the leaves of Autumn

Snow in winter,

Like spring floods

and weeds in summer.

They would fill the heavens

blocking out the stars
Leveling the hollow places in our hearts

Instead

We remember them alone.

Holding our past selves

Weeping in our arms.

We must set loose the shame

like a thousand white birds

And pick up our swords

our shields

and sing a warriors song 

of Justice.

 A note to all mothers, here.....
We all know what it means, beyond the terrible love and fear of being a new mother, you have a baby who needs everything done for them, all the time, they have to lie on your chest to sleep, they need to be watched every minute, you can forget about reading a cheesy novel, hanging out with friends, having any kind of completed conversation, you can barely finish a thought.  No going to the bathroom alone, you will be learning to hold a baby while cooking dinner, changing diapers in time to avoid rashes, watching for food allergies or worse, a crawler putting everything in their mouth, from sharp objects to things the cat left on the floor that you didn't notice, playing in the dog bowl, wiping boogers on your shirt, sticking fingers up your nose in the check out line at the market, [or screaming from the cart] throwing things from the car seat and waking up every 2 hours for what seems like years.
Donald Trump has become a "born again Christian", whatever he thinks that means, and has been dubbed a "baby Christian" by his new pastor.  I think you know where I'm going with this.
My first thought was that now he is trying to con God, which might not be the best idea, pretending to be a believer in order to gain political capital.  It's not something I would dare do, because whether one believes in the Political Christian view of God or not, it displays an extraordinary lack of an internal compass or integrity of character.
So who will be watching the baby?
This added factor in the possibility of a Trump administration is something I find scary, and I fear for all the people who would be trying to live either with freedom of religion, or freedom from religion during a Trump presidency.
So....who's going to be watching the baby?