Initiation

 

The true Word

is not a mantra
or an affirmation
that rattles in your skull,

but a pure pulsation

of silence,

a kiss of star-song

seducing your heart

deeper and deeper
into the flower

of emptiness.

The true Word is given
through the whisper

of one who has become

the breath of stillness
herself.

This breath contains

the swirl of every galaxy

and the fire

of every sun.

Bow to the giver

of the soundless song.