Thank you to my sweet femme sister, Miel, for allowing me to share her incredibly moving prayer with you today. May it connect you to those who came before us and inspire you to imagine a future world in which we will be the beloved and powerful ancestors.
Bless Me, Ancestors
a prayer by Miel Rose
May I live each day
Honoring my connection to you who came before
However complicated
Knowing my inheritance is rich
In both wisdom and wounding
Choosing which legacy continues with me
And which is put to bed
Buried in the healing Earth
May my heart beat in time with those Ancestors
Reaching back
Who lived in a deeply balanced relationship with all things
Those who recognized and honored kinship
Past human relations
Those who lived attuned to the cycles
Through abundance to scarcity
Birth to grown to death to rebirth
Waxing to waning
Let my heartbeat recalibrate to yours
And may this change ripple outward
Creating exponential shifts within and without
I claim you and am claimed by you
And may my steps through this life
Be in alignment with your sacred legacy
Miel Rose offers her gorgeous wares, femme-made and filled with femme love and healing, including hand embroidery, sacred votive candles, altar cloths and skin medicine, at her etsy store, flame and honeycomb.
Every Monday, I offer a Meditation for Queer Femmes, in the spirit of my maternal grandmother, Mimi, who was fabulous, and from whom I inherited her Meditations for Women.
At the Total Femme, my intention is to post three times a week: Meditations for Queer Femmes on Monday, Pingy-Dingy Wednesday on Wednesday and Femme Friday on Friday. Rather than play catch-up in a stressful fashion on those weeks when life prevents posting, I have decided to just move gaily forward: if I miss a Monday, the next post will be on Wednesday, and so on. Thank you, little bottle of antibiotics for inspiring me in this! (“…if it’s almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and continue your regular dosing schedule. Don’t take a double dose to make up for a missed one.”)
