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