Remember Me

In the flame of remembering,

I spit the ash of patriarchy from my body.

I rescind the title of martyr.

I dissolve the badge of less-than.

I absolve myself of the pattern.

I abolish my silence.

Now I rise as matriarch,

stand mountain-strong with oak-spine,

infinite ancestor bones–

a lush, sacred woman in temple of moon,

spacious and strong, my heart-fired kingdom.

I am the Goddess, remembered.

Goddess of ink-magic, sunfire and moondance,

Longing, peaceful, raging, rising–

deep-rooted Mother of heaven and earth.

© Angela Bigler 2025