We are the body of the universe

Ten years ago

when my mom died

I realized that my grief 

is not mine alone. 

I realized that in my tears

live the tears of all of the girls 

whose moms are in the stars. 

I understood that my healing is their healing

and that our pain is shared. 

From this place I felt, in the depths of my body

the connection that I share with all of life

that the air I breathe is the same air you breathe

and so also with the water we drink

the earth where our food grows

the fire in our collective heart. 

One of the ways that has really helped me to truly recognise the interwoven nature of life

to recognise that we are the body of the universe

is to return again and again 

to listen to the cycle of life, death and rebirth that lives in me, 

that lives in all of us

that is the source of all life. 

We are all here thanks to the health of our mothers’ cycles.