Cleansing

Cleansing

I paint myself with mud and oil. Hey hey hey away away.
I bless the salt. Hey hey hey away away.
I draw the bath hot and deep.
What to hold and what to keep?
Light the candles.
Burn sage and wood.
I cast the salt into the water.
By earth and air and fire and water.
I slip into the water singing.
I wash the dirt from me.
I rock and hold the cloth pressed tight.
I see the inside like a stary night.
I lay back and sing and hum.
There I float abyss above.
A void. A spiral drawing in.
All that was.
All yet to begin.
Almost everything I let it take.
All the thoughts I do not need.
Then I draw light in with my breath.
As light as a feather.
Just me left.
Hey hey hey away away
Hey hey hey ah away ah away.