Re - Membering - A Sonnet by Tricia Alexander

                                   Re - Membering

 After years of picking up puzzle pieces  -  one by one,
 Searching,  sifting  -  incomplete .  .  .  I learned
 Those still missing pieces were not - in fact - dead and gone,
 Only  temporarily trampled, cursed,  buried,  burned.

 After all those therapies,  those magickal insights,  that quiet time apart,
 Retracing a thousand footsteps, a million moments:   microscopically.
 After re-membering and resuscitating  -  this woman's soul  /  this child's heart,
 Re-examining,  releasing,  re-visioning:    ceremonially.

 After weeping,  keening ,  recognizing what's true and real.
 After surviving the long dark night  …  new life finally begins.
 Awakening  now -  I see,   l smile,  I feel
 Free from horror,  blame,  error,  sin …

 This  journey  made bearable by Her company:   Muse,  Mentor,  Great Mother Soul;
 Imagine my surprise … to  look up now and see:   Herself is My Self - whole.

                                                  Tricia Alexander
                                                   March 21, 2007