estrogen jam

[judih]

what? djembe woman
whatcha play, djembe woman
what goes in and round, djembe woman
what you sing, djembe woman

in ya go
and
ah
on ya go
and uh drummit there
wo-man
and ya drummit there
wom-man
and ya drum, ya drummmmm, ya drum
it there woman

whatcha drummin
woman
play it stronger
woman
dance it now
woman
dance it now
mother

play the djembe
play
play the djembe
play
play the djembe
play
play, play, play de djembe
play

[Whitebird Sings]

ai-yeeeeeeee
boom boom

we play
we dance
boom boom

djembe dance party!
boom boom

no followers
only leaders
boom boom

women
awakened
in
their
estrogen
power
boom boom

beauty
joy
promise
boom boom

waves
of
rainbow
energy
pulsating
boom boom

lighting
the
faces
of the dancers
boom boom

voices
rhythms
joy
dance --
to the rhythms
yours and mine and ours
boom boom
boom boom
boom boom

ai-yeeeeeeee
ai-yeeeeeeee
ai-yeeeeeeee
boom boom

[Whitebird Sings]

this place of warmth
of words and rhythms
is teasing me out of a cocoon
that i have inhabited
lo these past months ---
winter months

i have shed
the gossamer chrysallis

a white orgasmic butterfly
a chameleon butterfly
a rainbow butterfly
a mood-ring kind of butterfly

i am drying my wings
in the warm sun
of this place

i am here ---
on the ledge

an orgasmic butterfly
waiting to take flight

i am a wee bit tired
from the struggle
of loosing the grip
of the gossamer i was bound in

i am going to be still awhile
quiet now
listening to the rhythms
to the rhythms of the djembe

i am here ---
on the ledge

an orgasmic butterfly
waiting to take flight

listening

[judih]

soft the wings flap
gentle powder smoothes the flight
past opening marigolds
soft dandelion fluff
the whiff of the chamomile
soft the wings flap

orange blossoms wave
scents beckon winds
soft the wings flap

[Whitebird Sings]

it is night

what do butterflies
do at night?

Hina
we call out to you
turquoise hooped earring
butterfly goddess

help us share our truth

come down from the moon
Hina

travel down the moonbeams
rainbow coloured moonbeams

speak to us
vibrate in us
and
between us

help us share our truth
wahine to wahine
wahine to kane

we hear your mele
Hina
we hear your song
come closer
and
we vibrate ---
turquoise estrogen
pumping in our veins

we are
orgasmic butterflies --
dancing
twirling
drumming our bodies

our orgasmic energy
explodes
and showers out and up --
beautiful turquoise energy
fills the air

bursts of turquoise light
against the black velvet sky
sight and scent
electric

we rise up
we fly
orgasmic butterflies
Hina one and all

[Whitebird Sings]

Hina
bring my ku'u ipo to me
carry him on your wings
lay him down
and we will dance until dawn

orgasmic djembe
boom boom

ai -eeeeeeee
ai- eeeeeeee
boom boom

orgasmic djembe
him and i
boom boom

yum

[Whitebird Sings]

you are my pule
my prayer

don't let go

don't try to understand me
you can't understand me
and besides --
there is
no need to understand me

just believe

you are my pule
my prayer

it will be alright
feel me
take your hands --
rest them here

don't let go

you are my pule
my prayer

don't be afraid
of what you feel
play me --
i need you to touch me
to hold me

and to believe

you are my pule
my prayer

i need you
to anchor
me
during this time of surges

it can be heaven
if you
just hold me

just believe

you are my pule
my prayer

dance with me
as i surge!

[judih]

a thousand colours blurring
as Hina bubbles into night
spirit fractals, radiant moonlit hope

soft nectar hums, simmering
waiting for the dawn to burst
the rift between hours
a chance bridge between thoughts

leap the dew-drenched aloe
sniff the heavy scented bud
all laughter sings, all voices cheer
surge, female entity
fly towards your heart

[Whitebird Sings]

i read aloud

and

your words
flow over me
and through me --
bountiful
blissful
and
sagacious!

bubbles, fractals, moonlight and hums --
dew on plants that heal
and
scents abound

i run my tongue
around my lips
and drink in
the ecstacy

you paint our lives
with the brush of inspiration

and when you do...
you help
us --
to set our hearts free...
so that we
can
run
laugh
dance
drum
and
fly!

thank you poet
thank you angel

[judih]

wahine to wahine
handclasped shalom
and off to seek inner worlds

[Whitebird Sings]

wahine to wahine
lovers of shalom

across the miles
i clasp your hand
i call out to you
mashke
my woman friend
of me, a woman
friend

i love it
when we're groovin'
together

now off i spin
into my day --
powered up

estrogen rules!

[judih]

how works estrogen?
let me count the ways.
it keeps my head up
it bends my head in tears
it sets me off into peals of melted laughter
it drives me past all limits
it forges new connections
it patches holes
and quenches fires in the heat of day

it brings me insight
and depression
it raunches the puritan
and purifies the putrid

it spits and whistles
and chugs and mixes
it casts a spell
and neutralizes juju

it speaks in tongues
in silence
in mime and in vitro

how does estrogen work?
it works like a hormone possessed!

[Whitebird Sings]

the cycle continues

my chromosomes
continue to do
the
spiral
dance!

spinning
vibrating am i

i am surging
electric

i am all smiles
mostly
one minute
honestly
the next
i am in tears

he looks at me
and calls me
a mystery

as he speaks
it is the
echo of
others
that i hear

lakota --
wakhan

wakhan!

experts --
like an-thro-a-pology-ists --
say:
wakhan is
mystery

missionaries say:
wakhan is
something sacred

the elders say:
wakhan
is life-force
power
given and taken
away by the Creator

Hmmmmmmmm...

i am a mystery
he says,
still standing looking at me

yes,
i says --
estrogen power
life-force power
something-sacred-mystery-power

-- and i run toward him laughing
and shouting:
embrace your mystery!

[judih]

embrace? release!
embrace the release
and expand in the union

the glory of estrogen wanderin
the further one goes
the closer one gets

one step slows down
to a million forms of steady

the mystery responds
momentary flashes
what was strange becomes breathtakingly mine

[Whitebird Sings]

cycling 'round again

circling 'round again

surging
spiraling
vibrating
spiraling

i take
my head
and
place it in
my heart

that way
i'm safe

breathe
just
breathe

cycle
circle
surge
spiral
vibrate
head
heart
safe
breathe