Mother Earth’s Waters – a Poem by Aline Page
Mother Earth’s Waters
To love and be loved is my soul’s purpose.
To seek expression of this love,
To be loving and loveable again.
To survive criticism, passionate storms of rejection,
Onslaught, slander, incomprehension and blame,
To rise again and again.
From ashes of burnt-out layers of self,
To delve and plunge into resonating pools
Of unconditional love, letting my sore heart be
Clearer, purer, more peaceful and serene,
Blossoming, endlessly renewed
By deeply nourishing fountains within.
Knowing I’m floating in an all embracing sea,
Universally loved whatever I do, did or say,
As I seek to soften and communicate with ease.
To speak honestly, with integrity, clarity and respect.
Able to forget regrets, and discover new avenues,
Tenderly leafed by loving interactions and affection.
So much needs nurture and caring for.
Save for my daughter who doesn’t want my love,
As she’s loved by another, others and needs to be free
Of the ‘burden’ of me! Painfully
Unable to voice the deepest love
I’ve ever known, I write this poem.
As Love’s waters well up and spring forth,
Releasing, cleansing all it touches,
Giving and receiving glimmers of hope, rays of light,
Reflected in my soul’s mirror, moon-like,
Shimmering, transforming and reviving,
As tear-filled rivulets sparkle and gather
Momentum, bursting into sun-drenched streams,
Coursing rivers and gushing rapids,
Falling and leaping unbounded,
Running to tides of endless seas,
Playfully riding waves of eternity,
Flowing and Being
Mother Earth’s Healing Waters.
