GREEN WOMAN

Photo by S. Auberle

GREEN WOMAN

You have done this before,

you are certain of it--

in other lifetimes, perhaps,

fallen to your knees, like today

before these new goddesses:

trout lily, hepatica,

trillium, marybelles...

You feel something ancient

unfurling in your heart,

something buried deep

and long ago.

From childhood you have known

this forest...your lover

mother.. cathedral... friend...

each plant and stone

pulling you earthward,

each spiral of unfolding leaf beckoning:

come, bed in the tender moss,

smell, touch, burrow

deep...

You fear, one day,

a siren call,

an irresistible day

when a god rolls over

in the flowers, invites you

to stay and play--

a day on which

you will not return.

- mimi