I am SHE

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Poetry was traditionally spoken aloud and accompanied by music*, though today our habits tend towards reading poetry silently.  In this inaugural presentation of Integral Poetry on Integral Life we have included the written poem as well as an audio recitation from the poetess herself—Zayra Yves—accompanied by music.

Deep poetry becomes sung once again.

We invite you to savor this poem, reading it silently to yourself, maybe reading it out loud, all as a more integral way of entering into and opening the poem’s substantial magic.

After allowing the poem to permeate your soul, perhaps you will be then called by the muses themselves to offer your response and feedback below.

*See Music, Transmission, Integral by Clay Shotwell and Michael Schwartz (section on Ancient Greek).

I am SHE

I am the red throne of Kali, the orange flames of Sekhmet. The dancing diva of Durga come to call your spirit back into your body Rise up your tired bones to move, sway, rock in the halls of perception.

I am here in the ceremony of removing obstacles from the caves of memory. I am Vulture Crone. I am Maat. I am the midwife birthing you into ferocious truth, progressive intuition and powerful right action.

I am the lioness licking salt from the salted state of your flesh; of the wounds that you need to heal. I am here as your sixth sense. As the doorway of discovery to awaken you to the journey you came here for; to awaken you to universal balance.

I am the High Priestess, Luna of the moon. I am Nephthys.

I open the gateway to submarine gardens. Listen to the secrets of the butterfly starfish and embrace all people. Embrace your sister, your children, your ex's and step families too. I am here to encourage you to make amends and let go permanently the grievances you hold.

I am the wisdom of Sophia, the strength of Athena, the gates of hell.

You are the shape shifting vertigo of bodies, of many life times. You are the migration of millions. You are the sorrow of the seas, the sands of change, the receptacle of all life and the willingness to do it again. I am here inside of the image you have of yourself.

Look closely:

I am Radha, Laksmi, Hathor, Isis, Venus and Mary Magdelaine.

I am the elements of absolute love that rise up from your hips and speak from the heart of truth. This is not the idolatry of self, neither the desecration of self. You are not here to cherish the false but to awaken beyond the illusion you previously chased and sacrificed for.

I am the Mother of Heaven, the flowing inspiration of Sarasvati.

I am come to you as the whispering winds of change, as living chaos, summoning the fates, summoning your destiny to rise up and greet you in the mirror. Rise up and know yourself by heart. Ask the stranger you have become to be a stranger no more. Express the love you have hidden, free the hostage of yourself in the unseen, unheard, captive in unfullfillment.

Welcome yourself home. Honor the love you feel. I am SHE. I am you. You are me. Love yourself. Embrace me.

copyright 2006 by Zayra Yves
Zayra Yves - CD - Crowned Compassion (Aug 9, 2006)