In Sheep’s Pasture

“In Sheep’s Pasture”

by Nicole Costa

Mother Kambo 

You cause me 

To lie down 

In sheep’s pasture 

Giving birth 

To the spirit 

Of

My daughter

 A lamb

Brought to the slaughter

The one 

Who pierces 

The valley

The child 

That never had life 

All she ever knew 

Was strife 

Like her mother 

Conceived in battle 

Brought to the knees 

Fallen off of 

The saddle  

A soldier 

Killed in rebellion 

Twenty two years

Of the silence

No telling 

Three days 

In the fields 

Giving labour 

Profound clarity 

At the end 

Finding favor 

Uncovering what

I was burying

Severing the cord

Of

Attachment

Releasing the guilt 

I’ve been carrying 

Not knowing 

What to expect 

But kept going

Inner voice

Guides the way

That deep knowing

Three by three by three

Grid

Burnt into my arm 

Frog Spirit 

Inside me

Out on the farm 

Dancing around me 

A symbol of transition

Setting intentions

Revealing the vision

To the secret door 

Of the past 

The key 

To discovering

The mission 

Master number

Complete

An ending 

And

A new beginning