So the Crows

*fast, fast, darling, fast

eclipse that bright yellow life

tilt your eyes up to the sky

and drink in the light

so the sun--

so the sun

shrouds the moon

and casts the day into night.

*hey there, hey there

ring those bells

here they come, here they come--

your ancestors, your mothers--

their daughters, your mother's--

her daughter's face(s)

your faces--

your face

shining so brightly

in their stillness

*(i am your maiden (your whore), your mother (your bitch), your healer (your witch)

speaking in other tongues so quiet

my mothers' tongues

screaming songs no longer

so silent

*know this, know this

let the hours pass

in the presence of our mothers

who came to share

who dare to bear

their wounds

their rage

and their fright

*they came to weep and to holler

assuaging their fury

devouring their deaths

and birthing their lives

astride the bones still in the soil

*as they uncoil their hair

and weave baskets of light

filling them with stones and feathers--

stars and starlight

*so the crows, so the crows

can spread their wings and take

flight

broadcasting seeds--

bearing reasons and seasons

for Truth and and Beauty and Life.