IV. Some of the Prophecies of Hepzibah
For some time now, I have been saying only this
That the bones are calling us back
the way forward is to remember
the bones are in the land
the land and the water are ancient ones, ancestors
That there is a knowing that instantly transfers -whole-
from mineral to bone to bone to mineral
our bodies are the land
our bodies can speak with the stars
mineral kin in the heavens
We are not alone.
Our time is not only what we can count.
Celestial knowledge for our flourishing is hidden
under rock, in rock, in the mineral, in the ground—
ground of our being
To go up, go down
Not away but more fully here
A bigger here, a bigger now
and then