In the depths of my belly
burns a spark–
if I can reach that spark,
I’ll find the passage down,
down into the cave
of beginnings
where limbs multiply,
where I see from every pore,
where life runs all around
and through me.
If I let myself be submerged,
I can embody this First Being
and breathe into all
our luscious dimensions.
In my body lives this galaxy,
these billions of galaxies–
like the strands of my hair,
the cells of my blood.
Every electron
orbiting its sun
and me, breathing
in a figure eight.
