Sacrifice

When I came
Into this world
And my feet
First touched
The soil
It did not occur to me
To toil
For all the pleasures
Of this world

All I wanted
Was the security
Of connection
Milk
And a nest
In which
To rest

Oh Mother
When I yearn
To return
Home
What sacrifice
Can I make
How can I pave
My way
To You

What a silly
Thing to say
For none of this
Was ever mine
Anyway

But here I am
Human
Holding on tight
To what I claim
As mine

Asking

What

And how

And I find my answer
In the now

My Mother
My God
Oh Source
Of my Nurture
I give to you
My past
I give to you
My future
I give to you
My attachments
The me
I have spent years
Building up to be

God
I give you
My trust
And with
Simple delight
I see
It was this trust
I was searching for
This trust
That was calling
To me

Mother
My sacrifice today
Is the withholding
Of trust
In you
And in me
My sacrifice today
Is the constant
Trying to see
What is
To be

My eyes settle
From the horizon
Onto the seed
Of We
My hands settle
To the cultivation
Of what our Love
Can bring
And my voice settles
Into the celebration
Of the songs our Love
Forever
Sings