She wept

In the dark she wept

Tears that made her black eyes

Shine like luminous pearls

Or diamonds in an indigo night sky

In my dreams she revealed to me the truth

Of how I would suffer

Of what would be taken

As a reminder of all I endured

She told me my baby would die after one year

But the healing would all come from

Feeling and grieving this loss

And shedding the tears

She showed me a ladder to the Underworld

I must descend

To meet the raging feminine

She gave me courage

To look deep into the heart of that pain

And know the love that burned in the midst of the fire there

And after my sojourn was ended

She gave me the courge to climb back out

Into the light again

And tell the tale

And to bear witness to all who were suffering

The same

And could bare to hear

And when despair seemed endless

She said

You will in time

Emerge from the dark night

Victorious