Withered and Well

A bag of bones I shall be
When my days are done
My journey complete.

Defeated I shall not be
No mountain tall enough
No valley too deep
To diminish my light.

Guided, directed, strengthened
By all that is real and true
Mother Earth in her majesty,
The mother of all mothers.

The knowing of – Well Done -,
All that is really required
At my last breath.
To end with clean hands and a warm heart.

– Lori Ellis-McKinney (2011)