JUBILANT FATHER
His face is like a sun, warms the moon beside him.
She´s grown full; tonight begins the waning.
The tide pulls through her very bones,
her form aches as each wave crests.
The earth pulse, heavy, blood warm within her
Beats new chords, old sun god chants.
"You are the first mother and the last,
all spring flesh has traveled through you."
Aztec plumed and gold beaded,
your priest kneels at the holy alter,
gathers each salt pearl shed, nectar for his sacrament.
You are the temple,
we pilgrims swept through the gates,
bent figures know the scent and petals of your presence,
spread our arms to harvest blossoms,
and your priest, sun struck, kneels beside you.
God needed one more to fill the empty space, he looked around the hospital and saw your sweet face, when you stopped breathing, we knew you were gone, you went so peacefully, so we knew you chose the right home, we knew your skies weren't so blue, and the roads were getting too tough for you, but you fought that fight, and you did the best you could do, the best part was you didn't die alone, the day God sent you home.
