Every year on this day- in Les Saintes Maries de la Mer

This lovely being is taken into the sea

Carried on the shoulders of Roma men

Devoted to her energy here on earth….

Her strength renewed by the sea

And people who are present to this celebration

Are in awe of the love- of the devotion for

She who is the servant- the humble one

(The still hidden daugther of mm and Jesus.)

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When I was little I heard about the second coming

And in the solitude of my room

I knew- that I was that

The secrets that children hold in their hearts

Of their spiritual greatness

In a world that tamps down greatness- right and left

There is a fierce requirement now- that we claim what we are

And let it shine, wet from the sea.