Revel and Resound

Slit my skirt clean up my thigh

On the thorn bush down by the riverside

Where I plunged into the depths

And emerged baptized

In the name of Mother Nature

And her starry skies.

The heavens wheel overhead

Shimmering starlight glimmers where I tread

And the thrum of creation

Buzzes in my head

Comforting this exhausted heart

Clinging by a thread.

I feel God beneath my feet

In the light and dark, in my own heartbeat

Bursting forth inexorably

Or soft and discrete

Striking chords deep and resounding

Low, gentle, and sweet.