To The Bones

Dear WEb,

There is a skeletal (pun intended) Truth here in this photo, a Truth that captures all that I have been writing about these last 35 Fridays. We don't know the literal story behind this excavation from 12,000 years ago in Northern Israel. What we do know is that the human is a woman in her 50's and the animal is a young dog. Her left arm and hand are reaching to this young dog, touching what is left of the paws. Both skeletons are curled toward one another in fetal positions. They were found this way.

This Truth is about Devotion, Love, Loyalty and Refusal to be separated. I have been holding this picture on my altar to Phoenix. This Truth that is crystalized in this photo has brought me to the floor again these last couple of days. It reaches and speaks to me beneath any and all words, even the words I have already articulated these last 8 months. So I will not be saying anything further about this image....

Except...I have fallen into this deeply excavated ancient burial beside these two skeletons. I need them right now.

Love,
Me