REINDEER MOTHER
Behind the Darkness// I sense// A living//breathing//tender// Mother
When I was born// She licked me into shape// My hooves found the Earth
In her huge eyes// I saw Love// I saw reflected the stars// I remembered my journey// I no longer felt homesick
Mother Night, 20 December 2016, Sweden
E = MC^2
Einstein’s Equation tells us// E = MC^2// Mass and energy are interchangeable
In death// We leave our body// Just think of this// As an explosion of energy
The Music of the Spheres// Singing us// As the Light calls our name// Calls us home
Physics speaks of// Phase Transitions// Of things being what they always were// In a different stat// Looking differently, behaving differently
If Birth is// Energy becoming mass// Then Death is// Mass converting back to energy// So why do we fear Death// Nothing is ever lost// E = MC^2
The Netherlands, 6 June 2009
(This poem was read out once at the funeral of a professor of Physics)
THE ANIMAL MOTHERS
Two eyes// two arms// two breasts// She gives Life// She brings Death// That yearning// for Oneness, Unity, Return// Bristly musty armpit// Reindeer fur, animal fury
Antlers// Climbing the Tree of Life to return to The Mother// Isn;t it kinder// to make her two mothers? // One embracing// One devouring// than to face// The Mother// who eats her own children?
Furry, smelly// Dark Maoonna// She brings Desth// She gives Life// Two breasts// two arms// two eyes
Sweden, Winter Solstice 2016