BLESSING
Old men of the sea, old women of the earth and you protectors of the winds,
Give strength to my breath and power to my heart.
I have a mission to accomplish in this life that asks for completion.
You ancestors, who are my own organs, please whisper and blow into my ears my mission.
Old men of the sea, old women of the earth and you protectors of the winds,
Help me through this rite of passage that will renew me.
You ancestors, who are my own organs, sustain my regeneration so as to complete my journey,
Whisper into my ears the great mantra of remembrance: “Samasati, Samasati”
Old men of the sea, old women of the earth and you protectors of the winds,
Accompany my rite of passage, enter into the heat that I feel within me and that it is the fire of my soul forging my mission.
Susan Arnold Aldea
