The little girls had gone back to sit with May. May hugged them, one small, dark-haired child in each arm, all three of them still, solemn, listening.
I began a new verse, almost a chant, '
Darkness
Gives shape to the light
As light
Shapes the darkness.
Death
Gives shape to life
As life
Shapes death.
God
And the universe
Share this wholeness
Each
Defining the other:
God
Gives shape to the universe
As the universe
Shapes God '
And then, after a moment of silence, the last, the closing words:
'We have lived before
We will live again
We will be silk,
Stone,
Mind,
Star,
We will be
