Star Birth Remembered

I remember floating above Earth
Before I birthed into a body.
I held my light close, awake,
Trembling with excitement.
"Let me down there so I can bless the place!"
Star Mothers and Fathers
Cajoling and consoling me
It is heavier down there--
You will be tested down there
Your light is very needed down there

Coming into an infant's body
Helpless but to only shine golden
Difficult, small
Caged lion breathing hard

Birth remembered:
Love, patience, acceptance, welcoming
Holding, touch, gentleness, space

I am at home here
Just as I was at home among the stars.
I have friends, family, belonging
I am an innocent child of God
I understand where I came from
I know my light
In terms of beauty, I am a star

Understanding the cosmic story
I feel reintegrated, loved
My body is whole
My bones and muscles adhere together
With more love than before,
When I thought I was separate.

I am a visitor here
My body feels like home
I remember these faces.
Walking about on a planet
Is different than shooting about in the sky
In one sense unfamiliar
Yet the light and energy are the same

We need you on this planet
Your light, energy, and magnitude
Your presence is the breath of angels
Your song a twist of sky
You will always be remembering who you are
Different from the last,
Yet woven to be the same

You stand with two feet on the ground,
Your arms reaching up to Space,
Perched on the edge of a planet.
An intergalactic traveler
Called here by some insane wanting:

Some love, that goes beyond all doubt
Some love, stronger than a curse
Some love, a fire within
Some love, it burns everything in me
Some love, it stays home

All the factions of who I am
Are coming together
I remember puzzle pieces from yesterday,
Last year, last life.
You are all home
I fit together in one shining piece
A star made from Venus,
A poet's thumb.

I remember being a bird, a stone, a library.
My life as a butterfly sure was fun
As a rose I melted hearts
Enwrapped in grasses, moved by the wind

You see,
My soul is a part of everything.
I can land wherever I live easily
In existing, I have been everywhere
I remember you
I remember our significance as children of the cosmos
We are polite
We wear masks of God to separate ourselves
We wear bodies as costumes of light
To superimpose distinction, separation, vividness.
We dance and pray together, alone.
We sing until our hearts are open
We step on the body of earth,
Our Mother,
We weave our family back together:
The stone, the thrush, the riverweed.

I am an ocean
You see me breathe

We step into our becoming with gracious victory:
The pine, the fir, the sycamore tree
In living long we cast the rhyme--
The Godhead's spell sewn through with time
I pledge to play for all I'm worth
I'll skip and jump today's rebirth
Adn when I die they'll all say
We are so glad she came here to play.