[Thespiritexpress] Poem

[Riantee Rand]

Thank you Taylor for laying yourself and all of us bare. We are all in this process together, painful and joyful all at once.
A new foundation is forming. . .
Your words are precious.
Riantee

> On Apr 18, 2025, at 07:52, Taylor Slevin via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> Here is the poem I read in class on Tuesday that many of you requested. 
> Thank you. 
> 
> It is my lived version of the Myth of Inanna, which is no longer merely a myth to me. 
> 
> I felt moved to record my experience of the past month and this came to me during my morning journaling. 
> 
> 
> Resurrection 
> 
> Losing her crown and her treasure of jewels, She descends. 
> Shedding her fine clothing, She descends, arriving in the dark cave naked, vulnerable and frightened. 
> 
> She is hung on tender hooks where the birds of prey tear and wrench her very flesh from bone. 
> Muscle, tendon, ligament all torn away. 
> Nothing left but bare white bone; 
> stark, sharp, exposed. 
> 
> She lifts her weary and exhausted skull saying, “It is finished. Into Your hands I commend my Spirit.”
> 
> She completely surrenders, lets go and collapses onto the earth. 
> Shattered. Broken. Alone. 
> 
> Mother Gaia holds her gently,
> supporting, soothing and rocking her sweetly. 
> She allows the nurturing feeling. 
> 
> Slowly, ever so slowly She inhales the fertile, nourishing earth, taking in the gifts of minerals and rich nutrients so freely given. 
> 
> She raises her head and rises. 
> A new foundation is forming from the unknown. 
> Alchemy, Magic, Mystery, Grace all swirling around her, lifting her up. 
> She smiles. 
> 
> 💗
> Taylor 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
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