boom, the drumming began Grandmother and Grandfather providing space Shapeshifting give way clarity in this labyrinth maze I asked for unconditional thought of angel wings syncopating with melodic fairy pace but naive I was, give me strength please Water Snake coils her medicine all around <><><> a coy temptress in righteous ways she tricked me to bathe in the Triple Fire, singing my praise smoke enveloping, relief I was seeking my flesh burning from metal to Gold she said this is a necessary phase and would not let go of her hold she took me to the city of the Eleven Gates and gave me the teaching to become the Ruler of this Pearly Place she shed her skin revealing the birth within I cried tears of the Many as I re-assimilated to this 'new' body or rather, this 'old' body but really, to just honor this 'present' body she kept me from forgetting together we reviewed revisited and released pen humbled, an invaluable treasure I had received
SitaraAlaknandaShakti (c)
