My feet grow, heavy swelling
pulsing along the roots of earth
pulling down
the gauze round my limbs, round
the full of my womb
and moon long off
beckons, release! release!
gentle soul, a clear sky will follow
more blue than you believe, release!
I stand naked, start, quickly
the sun sees me
like a fresh child
//
Early still, the first baptism of the year
and death saunters round too
acknowledge her like a holy
chapped sister, I’ve no reason to fear you
Oh, icey waters how you cleanse!
Grateful now am I, after a lifetime
of seaching, to hold all the force
of rebirth, the radiance
of warming skin
in a single plunge
down creek we are swept,
churning, swelling,
release! I sense
at river mouth
I am home
//
“Rattlesnake Dunk”
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