And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. – LUKE 1:29
I step back, submissive to the times, hold a veil over my heart ready to wait two thousand years before return to Assumption.
Gabriel enters my womb through his staff and the lilies that were once mine.
His hand bestows benediction onto me who am Benediction.
I am the Triple Goddess.
Am Baalat and Mariamne whose altars Yahveh smashed.
Now I become the Gate of Heaven, the Interceder, three Marys at the foot of the cross.
Humility, Virginity, Obedience conceal I am the Giver of Life, the Great Love that is creation.
Reprinted from The Moon's Song by Adele Davide (Katabasis, 2001).