5. Illumination H

The heart of a woman

Is the beat of the drum of life.

A woman’s heart is the wisdom of the world

Remembering the sound of heartbeats ¬

Knowing forever that the mothers’

Heart is shelter

Her arm is safety

Her breast is love

And the woman’s heartstrings

Resonate to the melody of love.

VITALITY

That spark gives force to power the life ~

The light that flashes when the path

May enter shadowed ways

And makes the day smile and shine.

Step out with a skip and dance

And when the blood stirs and the sap rises

And all the Earth’s creatures

Launch themselves

In hope and joy upon wings of song,

And hear the vital drumbeat

In the hearts of wayfarers.

The air, the sun, the water’s flow

And the Earth’s own fire

Will make that vital glow abound

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