Stephen is a web developer, Bahá'í, and interfaith activist in St. Paul, Minnesota. He likes to write about religion, social justice, sustainability, science, programming, &c.

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poetry, prose, and other strings of words · 1993 - 2003

O Deum!

Number 121

April 22, 1997

The earth mother
Holds me in her embrace:
How can I refuse her?
She whose own children devour her;

She whose children
She has fed—
Mea alma mater—
She whose jewelry
Is stolen from around her neck;

Whose garlanded roses,
Acid burnt,
Hold forth in
Dusty Discourse;

Whose marrow we suck
In our daily itinerary;

Whose very bones—
Flesh and blood too—
We cast about ourselves;

The Blessed Mother,
Who once above all else
was praised,
Has fallen to the Blessed Father.

And now,
She calls me—
Revolving,
I am Hers,
And I am His—
And Life is complete again.