First try to remember leaping
In your mother's womb
Kicking and screaming
As if buried in a tomb
Not for air but for light
And then falling back to sleep
Gathering your existence together
In the dark passage between
Spirit and earth forgetting
Everything you've ever learned
So you are nothing when you emerge
Completely helpless guiltless brave
Then try to remember your first breath
And however old you are now
Kneel down and kiss the earth
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