Love Song

To be one small note
rising in the throat of the universe;
one sacred mana sound
rolling tongue thunder
sweet soul flesh of lips,
ear drums of love and
eyes like deer
caught in the headlights
of compassion
struck blind by white lightening;
one with the Great Warrior Spirit,
Baba Yaga, White Buffalo Woman, La Loba;
one with raven, bluebird, hawk and sky;
one with turtle, snake and worm;
panther, pounce and prey;
one with blood, guts,
fat, tendon and bone;
one with spider, ant and fly;
wings, gills and fins,
talons and tails;
one with river and rain,
soil and sap,
stone, sand and mud;
one with timbre,
tempo, tenor and tone;
one, one
all one, all one;
beauty bless-ed
holy one;
the throat
of the universe
swallows me up
and I am one
small note
rising,
suckling on the breast
of all Being;
sweet marrow.