GRANDMOTHER'S POEM

Red EArth Woman

Red Dawn seeds
Grandmother Moon bleeds
Ancient time intercedes
flowing red Dawn
flowing Spirit reborn
flowing Night is torn
flowing out adorned
with Red Heat
with Red meaning
with Red determination
with Red intentionality
with Red Resistance
with Red forgiveness
with Red Skin
with Red forevers
with Red yesteryears
with Red veins
with Red Hearts
with Red fire
with Red fibres of life.
My Red umbilical cord
is attached to the Red
Sunstorms breathing


Moontides breaking
Sky Hands waking
Earthen feet making
imprints for a today
WE inherit as clay
With our Red beginnings
With our Red endings
With our Red infinity
With our Red eternity


Red eyes are born first
Then Red blood like thirst
gathers our limbs
gathers our flesh
gathers our wholeness
woven and enmeshed
At the moment of conception
there's a holy reception
Spirit and Flesh enjoin
in a holy covenant
Soulbearers journey
is this Red unfoldment.


I AM a Red Dawn rising
each day is surprising
each hour is enterprising
each minute comprising
each moment cherished
as Red prayers
to Red Kin
to Red Ancients
to Red Ancestors
to Red relationships
Celestial and expansive
I gift my Red Womans'

Lifeforce WellBEing
Wahine purotu
Handsome Woman
Wahine Toa
Warrior Womana
Wahine ataahua
BEautiful Woman.


Ma te Wahine, me te whenua
e ora ai te Iwi.
It is because of Women
and Great Mother Earth
that the People are Well.
This is Red Truth.
Kaua e warewaretia
Never forget where
you come from.


(C) Mereana Taki
1.02.10