Prayer to the Mother of Space

in remembrance of Matthew Shepard

by Willow Moon
copyright 1999

O Mother of the Gods,

You who shine darkly in the moonless night
sky.
Now is the time to show Your power.
Though You are hermaphrodite,
You are our Mother.
For You give birth to the worlds
as a woman gives birth to men.
O Queen of Compassion,
Who is the truth of oneness,
Hear my quiet prayer.
Borne on falling tears and blood
shed in another night of terror.
With Your openness You support
the burdens of the earth.
With Your caring You allow
the Moon and Sun to shine.
As the source of all things
You are the very core of my being.
Hear me.
Send forth a shower of elfin sparks
from out of Your dark womb.
A host of shooting spirits,
embraced willingly by the tides of Earth.
O Mother, Your army is well equipped
with unstoppable weapons
the touch of pleasure,
the freedom of truth,
the love without shame,
the tastefulness of decoration.
Gleefully fall upon the Earth and destroy
the hatred of the different,
the fear of beauty,
the suppression of joy.

Shake the dead spirited ones

from their slumber of limitations,
awakening them to their deeper nature
to discover the hated ones are like unto
themselves.
May Your Bright Children
shine forth Their holy light
upon the Earth both day and night.
Laying bare the lies of hatred
in the bright mirror of knowledge.
Let the people of the Earth discover
the wisdom in which non-duality
embraces and nourishes duality.
So they will no longer fear You,
covering Your face with shame.
Help us to see men holding men
and women holding women as
holding the circle of the clan together,
so that women and men can hold the hearth
in peace.
Let us come to live within Your beauty devoid of judgment,
sparkling with delight,
awesome in unlimited potential.