Ritual for After the Bleeding Stops
go emptyhanded to the place where it began \ stand beneath each small cloud & hold \ your head in your hands & say amen, amen \ let your emptying \ voice rend the air motherless
look now for a tree in which a dove is \ building a nest of her own for the very first time \ yes there will be a tree \ yes there will be a mother \ yes yes keep looking \ there will be there will be
