Her force was felt in my bones Months before her essence Was implanted in my womb She beckoned me home To find my inner light And rediscover my soul I promised her I would find the woman she chose as her mother Yet while she grew within I often wondered, was she mistaken? I was dull, lost, mediocre at best Surely there was someone else More deserving, more loving Ready to give her their universe As I questioned The system indoctrinated Diminishing my dignity This life growing inside of me Wasn’t sacred or transcendent Yet a sterile transaction Herded like cattle and examined Reduced to shallow rhetoric and statistics I was powerless, tired, numb at best As the clouds darkened with weeks to go I didn’t care how she arrived As long as she ended the pain With her body earthside, Perhaps then, would someone finally Love me, see me, need me at best As the air turned to spring, She emerged from between my legs With the fire of one thousand suns I wish I could tell you It was love at first sight Or that I knew on that day Yet it took months before Our eyes truly locked And I finally remembered This was a spiritual journey That we had planned For many lifetimes Her entrance was a catalyst To my homecoming and reclamation She knew I’d keep my promise Her brilliant light illuminated The deep rooted shame and fear And the many ways I was asleep She harrowingly reflected The things I still hated about myself And the stories I believed were true She guided me to construct A deep well of love within my heart To pour into myself and then to her She tenderly awakened My womb as a portal between worlds Magical, powerful, divine at best She gazed at me with eyes I had so desperately wished for Valuing my presence above all Her laugh made the world conquerable Her smile, the life raft for all storms Her joy, undeniably infectious While my soul restored, I felt a resurgence A humble yet potent stirring within A call to build a New Earth for her, with her For it is mothers who are the architects The keepers of the past, present and future Healing the world for generations to come I will shout from the mountains tops For all to know the same journey home That she bestowed upon me She is my blood, she is my tears Because of her, I Am, I Am Enough, Limitless, Infinite at last