sea mother
You are the daughter of the sea, oregano’s first cousin.
Swimmer, your body is pure as the water;
cook, your blood is quick as the soil.
Everything you do is full of flowers, rich with the earth.
Your eyes go out toward the water, and the waves rise;
your hands go out to the earth and the seeds swell;
you know the deep essence of water and the earth,
conjoined in you like a formula for clay.
Naiad: cut your body into turquoise pieces,
they will bloom resurrected in the kitchen.
This is how you become everything that lives.
And so at last, you sleep, in the circle of my arms
that push back the shadows so that you can rest–
vegetables, seaweed, herbs: the foam of your dreams.
XXIV (You are the daughter of the sea) by Pablo Neruda.
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you eternal momma are the matter holding the matter…
I looked around, I thought of the lower wisdom,
spirit held by matter:
Mary, white as a sand dollar,
and Christ, his sticky halo tilted—
oh, to get behind it!
The world had been created to comprehend itself
as matter: table, the torn
veils of spiders … Even consciousness—
missing my love—
was matter, the metal box of a furnace.
As the obligated flame, so burned my life …
What is the meaning of this suffering I asked
and the voice—not Christ but between us—
said you are the meaning.
No no, I replied, That
is the shape, what is the meaning.
You are the meaning, it said—
“little furnace” by brenda hillman
vanessa
June 25, 2009 at 4:54 pm
gorgeous, dreamy…in the circle of my arms
happiness
erica
June 27, 2009 at 4:29 am
there you are! beautiful!
Dianna
June 30, 2009 at 3:09 am
Ah… I feel the bliss!
zenobia
June 30, 2009 at 4:42 am
lovely to see you(s)
tea and cactus
July 9, 2010 at 3:28 pm
it may be time to post something more current…if the last peek into our abode is a very pregnant belly. YIKES!
so, are you thinking of round two yet?
theuglyearring
July 9, 2010 at 4:45 pm
that was almost a year ago right…? yep thinking about round 2 – just thinking… my body (and brain) might be ready, waiting for the – Yes i want to…
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[my husband just walked into the room and said - wow i did not know you were pregnant again!! looking at your photo
tea and cactus
July 9, 2010 at 5:19 pm
we might need to compare junior high pictures – that’s the real test of our doppelganger-ness. but husband acknowledging it is a pretty big confirmation. how about that Mme Tea and Cactus? i could be the other half (perhaps the cactus part of the blog) and stuck somewhere in the desert!
i love it!
yesterday during the shower interlude i was thinking about two vs. one.
two is quite nice. the second everything is much different – more solidifying, more confident. plus, it’s a balance.
but i can’t help but admit missing the days of one too. they were so intimate. and much more calm. there was this lovely harmony in our home. now the home is full, cluttered, short attention spans, fast showers and very little me time. the cluster is very comforting and shocking to acknowledge- a completed circle that you + other have created. yes, the second completes it. and the third and fourth make the circle larger, bigger than life.
but i am done. two is perfect for me. two girls. a house of estrogen. i forbid the pink and (ironically) they love the pink.
theuglyearring
July 9, 2010 at 5:41 pm
… and i’ll be the British Earl grey tea with this thick french accent dipped in Vancouver water.
in a way i cant wait for the second everything to be lived through my now eyes and brain, the first everything was so wonderful but so raw and needed to “heal” to stand up again and look at everything from up high as opposed to from under bed begging from some sleep and a little me time…
The balance of four, for sure…. the scalene triangle becoming equalateral becoming square.
tea and cactus
July 11, 2010 at 2:42 pm