I Have All the Colours

I have all the colours.

Red Ochre, slate grey, golden brown

And greens of all the hues.

Colours to paint the land that

Births me anew, cleans and renews.

The place where water tumbles and dances

In the shimmering light.

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I have all the colours.

Buttercup yellow, dusty violet bells of blue

And firey orange, burning red, then white.

Fire and water, fire of circle

Births me anew, cleans and renews.

This is the land where flames warm the bones

In loving company.

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I have all the colours.

Can I gather them? Tentatively clasped

In quivering fingers, to carry with me on the journey?

Yes! I carry the colours behind my eyes,

In my heart and in the memories

Of my mothers, my sisters and daughters.

I am birthed anew, cleaned and renewed

As we sit, weaving the colourful threads

Into Goddess Eyes.

I have all the colours.

 

 

Maddie McMahon 30th May 2016
Written upon waking one morning at the annual Doula Retreat at Cae Mabon, Wales. 

Dedicated to all the wonderful doulas and midwives who are nurtured by the special magic of Cae Mabon.