Yemojah

Yemojah, mother of all Orishas

Patron Saint of rivers and streams

Queen of the oceans and

Waters of the womb

She is Mermaid

She is Sacred Spirit

She is nimble and

Flows into our lives

When we need to be

Protected and cleansed

Of any spirits or qualities 

Of our own or 

Those attached to us

That don’t belong to us

Yemoja, please

Travel down into my roots

And clean out the debris

The muck and residual rigidity

That I no longer need or want

So I can rise up out of this sacred

Baptism through your waters

A new and fresh being

Sparkling and glistening

Wet with wonder

Pausing to see and hear

Moving my human muscles

Once again

Bringing light and life

Healing and bright

A basin of love