I let the shadow parts emerge from the darkness

and speak their Truth into my heart

I hold them close against me as they squirm in their discomfort

I breathe into their hair as we ride the red canoe

into deep slumber in the Fire of the Central Sun

and the inky blackness of the Heart of the Octopus

different parts of self, scattered across the winds

his parts, my parts, I go with the Grandmothers

with my Medicine husband and my Protectors

we gather these parts back together into Wholeness, into Holiness

the Holiness that I was before the split, the Holiness that I Am

the darkness in the underworld is simply unawareness

we travel through the red death,

we find the light, we bring the light

we keep our eyes open, and we seek solace,

the luminous ones of the underground halls of Amenti

where the Seven sit, Ascended Masters,

the deep blue light of the Father

the deep blue ocean of love of the Mother

we travel through the underworld as the red death

to light the trail through death

we nectar up to nourish the energy body

for this journey through the underworld

to light the trail through death

he transitioned early in the morning, mid-week

the beloved of my friend

cancer of the tongue, but he went quickly at the end

probably stroke or heart attack

face of Maha Samadhi of bliss

we never know, and I weep

my own beloved in this dimension and others, off again

I cannot waste a precious moment being other than the Love

honoring the life of Kem Stone

the rhythmic respirations of the lovemaking become prostrations

offering offering offering it all up

Thunder Chief carries the Cradleboard of downy clouds of my Soul across the Sky Grandmothers and through Cloud People

then I am lovingly placed upon the back of the Condor

who flies me into the belly of the Mother, into the Womb of Life

to be born on this Earthwalk

so much sorrow and regret, the grating left from the fireplace

a log rolled out, house in flames, babies died

we do not need to make reparations forever

we do not need to remain in the hell realms for this mistake

Arise, Daughter of Moon and Water

to fulfill the prophecy of this night, of this day

Arise, Daughter of Peace