reclaiming MEDUSA

[stilltrucking]

religion snakes in
and declares the goddess an abomination

beyond religion
she was
my sister my self

[Whitebird Sings]

at sunset,
i sat on the cliffs
of despair,
alone.
i was waiting for
beauty to return.
the snakes came
and rested on my shoulders.
i sat some more,
the lizards approached
and wrapped themselves
around my arms.
i lay down
and
the tiger lay
across my thighs.
i slept.
you came,
my brother
and did not know me
as i lay wrapped...
you only saw what you feared,
the snakes, the lizards and
the tiger.

now you tell me
it's another day.
one beyond religion.
do you know me now?
will you come close
and with me
reclaim medusa?

[stilltrucking]

The image of the Medusa brings a mother daughter relationship to mind
Something that awes me
this connection
unbroken link

I am only trying to find the peace
the love, tap into this feminine presence that has protected and nourished me.

I am only trying to help one woman find her way back to a connection broken by death
women who have daughters at a late age
sometimes leave them too soon
I think this is so personal I don't see how it could relate to you

she has blamed her mother
for her unhappiness for so many years

It is never too late to feel a mother's love
never too late

The blue skinned snake goddess dances for me in dreams
And I never wake up from a dream of her
in despair

[stilltrucking]

I can't reclaim Medusa
Not my job
But I try to help her anyway I can

Medusa was her mother


sorry I don't think religion has anything to do with it anymore

Even if we are wired for the word
ANd even if we are the word made meat

I want to go back beyond to religion to its source in magic and myths.

Back to the source
back to nowhere that has ever been written or spoken about


I wish i was more help
I wish I would shut up