[The mother of my twin boys was killed in an automobile wreck over ten years ago and our pain was often not below the surface, yet. There was no tender, caring woman figure in our lives. We started following the path of Princess Diana because she just seemed to fit into our thought patterns. One day we learned that she was disarming land mines so children would not step on one and blow their legs off. With that news we put Diana upon a pedestal and we watched her while worshiping her. In our thoughts we could “see” Diana boldly walking into an old mine field, finding mines and disarming them. Somehow she took on a role as a super hero. Princess, Invincible. One morning the news spoke about a terrible car wreck that killed Diana. Our hearts fell out on the ground and pain-filled flashbacks of the twins’ mother slid slowly across our thoughts, amid the emptiness that came in thick waves causing a chill. A few of the thoughts that emerged with that finger-tingling tragedy are here with].
September 10, 1997, 3:51 AM, Tucson, Arizona
1997 ANNO DIANA
Cloaked in sadness, my life-spirit took me to the solitude dwelling between the stars and there we worried.
The silence in the vastness of forever caused an understanding to focus upon the worry. There, in the presence of the awesome power of all of the universe, I made a decision to cause an offering while seeking relief.
My dream wrapped a thought, a poem and a song
Around our princess
And presented her to Great Spirit,
then to Great Power,
then to Great Wonder,
then to Great Mystery
Thought presented her to the known and the unknowable,
and that which is within and beyond our imaginations
The poem presented her to
that which rests beyond the most distant stars of eternity.
The song insured that she will ever remain ageless,
magically preserved, the blossom that will not wilt, forever
A soft yet thundering voice boomed from the Catalina Range, whispering:
“There was Anno Domini
now there is Anno Diana
and so it shall be
Brother, build not a statue upon earth
nor within the confines of your heart for Princess,
but within the wonder of the universe.”
*Ina’lum’qotmi, Diana.
Sul’ma’ejote
*ina’lum’qotmi: you must go but you must take my heart with you
1997 ANNO DIANA
Cloaked in sadness, my life-spirit took me to the solitude dwelling between the stars and there we worried.
The silence in the vastness of forever caused an understanding to focus upon the worry. There, in the presence of the awesome power of all of the universe, I made a decision to cause an offering while seeking relief.
My dream wrapped a thought, a poem and a song
Around our princess
And presented her to Great Spirit,
then to Great Power,
then to Great Wonder,
then to Great Mystery
Thought presented her to the known and the unknowable,
and that which is within and beyond our imaginations
The poem presented her to
that which rests beyond the most distant stars of eternity.
The song insured that she will ever remain ageless,
magically preserved, the blossom that will not wilt, forever
A soft yet thundering voice boomed from the Catalina Range, whispering:
“There was Anno Domini
now there is Anno Diana
and so it shall be
Brother, build not a statue upon earth
nor within the confines of your heart for Princess,
but within the wonder of the universe.”
*Ina’lum’qotmi, Diana.
Sul’ma’ejote
*ina’lum’qotmi: you must go but you must take my heart with you
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