tag:gaia.com,2008,:Gaia http://groups.gaia.com/lovewords/discussions/feeds/thread/123160 en-us 1 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 14:23:54 GMT Gaia: Love, God & Spirituality in Music, Song and Words !!!! - POETRY - Re - Membering - A Sonnet by Tricia Alexander http://BabasBoy.gaia.com BabasBoy tag:gaia.com,2007:Gaia-123160 Sun, 25 Mar 2007 14:23:54 GMT http://groups.gaia.com/lovewords/conversations/view/123160 <p> <strong><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <u>Re - Membering</u><br /><br />&nbsp;After years of picking up puzzle pieces&nbsp; -&nbsp; one by one,<br />&nbsp;Searching,&nbsp; sifting&nbsp; -&nbsp; incomplete .&nbsp; .&nbsp; .&nbsp; I learned<br />&nbsp;Those still missing pieces were not - in fact - dead and gone,<br />&nbsp;Only&nbsp; temporarily trampled, cursed,&nbsp; buried,&nbsp; burned.<br /><br />&nbsp;After all those therapies,&nbsp; those magickal insights,&nbsp; that quiet time apart,<br />&nbsp;Retracing a thousand footsteps, a million moments:&nbsp;&nbsp; microscopically.<br />&nbsp;After re-membering and resuscitating&nbsp; -&nbsp; this woman&#39;s soul&nbsp; /&nbsp; this child&#39;s heart,<br />&nbsp;Re-examining,&nbsp; releasing,&nbsp; re-visioning:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ceremonially.<br /><br />&nbsp;After weeping,&nbsp; keening ,&nbsp; recognizing what&#39;s true and real.<br />&nbsp;After surviving the long dark night&nbsp; . . .&nbsp; new life finally begins.<br />&nbsp;Awakening&nbsp; now -&nbsp; I see,&nbsp;&nbsp; l smile,&nbsp; I feel<br />&nbsp;Free from horror,&nbsp; blame,&nbsp; error,&nbsp; sin . . .<br /><br />&nbsp;This&nbsp; journey&nbsp; made bearable by Her company:&nbsp;&nbsp; Muse,&nbsp; Mentor,&nbsp; Great Mother Soul;<br />&nbsp;Imagine my surprise . . . to&nbsp; look up now and see:&nbsp;&nbsp; Herself is My Self - whole.<br /><br /></strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong> Tricia Alexander<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;March 21, 2007<br /></strong> </p>