A Prayer for Balance

Oh, Great Mother, As I look our across the desert,
Green from rain,
And the mountains in the distance,
I ask that you give me guidance along my path of heart,
I ask that you help me to understand my powers of creativity.
As the clouds above me cast shadows on the desert floor,
I know that I have often lost my way,
And when the shadow aspects of myself diminish my life,
I become afraid.
Oh, Great Mother, Take my hand,
Help me to see the trail So that I may find my way home.
I am often tired these days, I think sometimes that I will be bereft of
Balance forever,
That there is no one to help me.
But as I look at the great mountains in the distance,
As their silhouette is etched against the sky With such clarity,
I know that somewhere in my heart I have known such clarity before,
And that you are there for me.
It is only me that sometimes refuses to see you.
And I will open my eyes now, And I will see your face,
Just as the sunlight bursting through the clouds
Illuminates the flowers all around me.
I will begin to shine as they do.
I am flowering for you, Great Mother,
I am lending my beauty to the universe for a short time.
And I realize that this life is a process
Of seed and stalk and growth and flowering,
And then death.
But death is only a rebirth back into spirit, a rebirth back into life.
And you may call me anytime, Great Spirit,
Back into your arms. So I am here for you, Great Mother,
I am here for you, Great Spirit, I am like a hollow log
With your love and your energy flowing through me Forever.
Help me to walk in beauty and power
All the days of my life.
Aho.
© Lynn V. Andrews, Woman at the Edge of Two Worlds