thank you Mother
your cosmic, undulating
body of stars
arouses in me
a passion, a love
gratitude so deep
your erotic spirals
grace us with breath,
with life
my prayers are full
of blood
and sometimes,
tears.
I do not ask you
to cease my fears -
only for courage,
from heart & womb
to live this life
in your love
until I rot
in your earthly tomb