This poem comes out of a very deep place for me… A place of pain and darkness, but also the brightest, most “alive” place there is... and a realization that they’re the same place. Ouroboros - the serpent-circle, who in swallowing its tail, is in constant renewal, a continuation, an ancient symbol of eternal life and renewed life and the connection that every life has with Divinity and Eternity. For me, Ouroboros is one of the most potent and powerful symbols there is - and one that I feel, reflected in every facet of my life. A constant renewing, moving forward and becoming, at the same time held and freed by the circle. My painting, “The Infinite Embrace” not only shows Ouroboros, but also the other symbol that has a special place in my heart: The Tree of Life. Sacred to many traditions, it symbolizes the connection between the material and the spiritual, Heaven and Earth and the Underworld, Life and Death and Resurrection. Again, the poem (in...
Women's Spiritual Poetry