upon waking from nightly prayers
my involute heart opens
to receive morning’s light
as sun rises in the east
and waning moon sets in the west
my mind reviews dreamscapes
where the priestess beckoned
and I followed
flying over forests and mountains
laying down in a glacial fed stream
where my body seethed for days
releasing toxic shame
and my mind traveled through time
on the wings of an owl
in search of other worlds
where all bodies are sacred
I saw us from a distance
we the unraveled
we the unravelers
tasked with learning discernment
which thread to hold onto
which to drop
as we dance into the flames
which seeds to plant
as we rise from the burning grounds