Persephone Sings: Growing Moon 1

I feel stirrings inside myself;

my heart, my soul, my womb is stirring.

I feel drawn irresistibly toward light and warmth. 

I want to see my mother again. 

I want to see the sun, and smell the flowers. 

I’ve been asleep so long, but now I’m awake! 

I’ve been dead so long.  I want to live!

I want to give life and share it!

I’ve been frozen.

I want to move, and dance, and feel free. 

I’ve been lost inside myself.

I want real relationships. 

I’ve been lost in dreams, imagining.

I want to create,

to change the real world,

to manifest the insights I have gained.

I’m a grown woman now. 

My mother and I will be able to have a relationship

as equals, as sisters.

I hope she hasn’t changed too much!

Will she recognize me? 

I can’t wait to see her, to hold her in my arms! 

She’ll be so surprised to know I’m going to have a child. 

I know she’ll be pleased. 

When I am a mother,

will I be the same as Demeter? 

I used to want to be different from her. 

Now I’ve gone through so much! 

Will she be able to understand how much I’ve changed? 

When I was young, I rebelled against this moment. 

Now I feel so sure, so joyful,

so full of energy for what lies ahead!

© Tamara Rasmussen 2018