March 20, 2023, cont.

Celebrant

Don't berate me 
with my unworthiness--
blamed for the sins 
of fathers, blamed
for being as I was 
created.
I will not be decreased 
or diminished -- 
Instead I celebrate 
the entire package,
denigrated things 
included -- like flesh, 
heart and ego.
Let me celebrate 
my similitude to
all creatures,
also my brothers 
and sisters,
and the never-static
earth we share. 
Let me feed the
comets and moons
pulsating in my blood,
the great skyway 
filling my bones.
Let me dance my 
terra-blue identity 
in the undulation of
earth's magnetic waves –
because there is 
far too much to love
in this world –
and I find my freedom
in a creator whose
only narrow gate
is mutual confession –
and desire for more.
Because it is only 
in dilation
that I have 
something to give.