(Note: This poem is written in honor of Virginia, who was a victim of torture and sex trafficking in Mexico and who by her own clever intelligence and un-failing courage, faith and hope, escaped and was able to take her young child with her in her harrowing escape. Virginia now lives in southern California and has helped countless victims of sex trafficking in Mexico escape their perpetrators. The image of the butterfly is very significant for Virginia. She uses this image in her non-profit work.)
They arrive before the beginning
Embodied in the movement of the unborn child
Cartwheels of hope
A rabbit hat of possibilities
Life forms in the womb of fluid and blood
Dreams – a gift from the ancestors
Early, barely born, they surround the soul
Eyes flutter, a limb twitches
Imagination’s awakening
A kaleidoscope of life’s mosaic
The soul opens its arms to be imprinted
Limited by suffering, or broadened by safety
A butterfly wing brushes the soul
And rests on the heart
It stirs and an image appears
Or was it only a dream
Hope’s Energy takes charge
And harnesses thought
Teams of hoofs paw frantically at the ground
Until a path appears
But the glass is dark and cracked
Absence of certainty is blinding, deafening
Around the corner, and the next
There is light, dimly first
Then joined by others
The raven messenger pecks at the window
Souls deep and far away speak truth
Fear shudders with uncertainty
The dreams shake off the colostrum of birth
Sticky and protective
Take flight
Build huaraches out of cardboard and grass
And begin to run
Run
Now
Run.
Bev Bachel
Lovely…keep on writing…you definitely have a gift.
HealingJourneys
Thank you Bev! I am honored.
Kami Mendlik
Beautifully done piece Janet! The energy of bringing recognition to this horrible crime of sex trafficking will ripple through and hopefully at some point in time come to a stop. Best, Kami
HealingJourneys
Thank you Kami! Everything we can do to raise awareness is essential.
Anna Rose Benson
“Run Now. Run.”
Good. Thank you, dear Janet.
HealingJourneys
I am so honored you have read some of what I have posted…. We will talk soon. Love…