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TO BE SO FORGET
Haudenosaunee, Skywoman creation story
from Paula Gunn Allen's
Grandmothers of The Light
as I sing from it
undertree of
light ````blossom
she opens her legs
it````falls```````she blue
world dives through
galaxy forget
home forget origins falling
fall forget
```````begin coming forget end going
awareness Beaver
waterfowl turtle slow her endless fall
`````her fall rests in their arms drift a coherence
a form within order of all that is she sleeps dreams
they call a waterfowl earthcall timeless place
beaver searches formless sea for spin slow motion ```clutches shapely
in potential nurturing in possibility loving in being substance
becomes her earth he blows pattern about her
like fur down beads of rain early light crystal highnotes
swims endlessly away ````turtle's
circleswimming slows
````they sing into stars night spiral void tree of light
she births breathes on dries waits tamps in dark on turtle's back
pole thickens branches form ````song change ````balls of light
when tree blossoms skywoman sleeps beneath it wakes
````daughter emerges many cycles `````lies in spot her mother
aeons before and sleeps ``````luminous shadow merge
````with coming of grandsons Sapling Bud
``````````````````time to ready earth
ride turtle through darkness to a new plane |