Sunday, November 8, 2009

36 Weeks

Song of Your Growing

In utero
the cosmogony--
evolution and formation of you--
from one in 600 million

ovum fallopian eon
galaxy night stars
cervix world womb

An orange-red glow,
supernovae of
blood vessels illuminated
by sun's light

zygote stem bud
cell platelet leaf
vein river root
egg embryo pulse

Our two beating hearts
binary stars dancing,
rhythms from two bodies
orbiting in gravidity

penumbra albedo halo
long-waited comet
birthline accretion matter
spiral nebula resonance

Constant tug at my heart
pulling downward
shifting my consciousness
nothing left unchanged

hair nails eyes
liver kidneys spine
lips toes testes
brain skin tongue

Be comforted
safely wake and sleep
in warm darkness
your first universe

noises, sounds
filtering light
mother's voice
sense of touch
floating buoyant

This is known:
you are held
you are carried
your are that universe's child.

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