Rootsie

Yemenja to Olukun:
I am the waves of the sea
but You are its depths.
It is You who accounts
for my fecundity.
You hold me up to the light
so that I sparkle.
When You are stern it is I who storms
and  I destroy many things.
When You come to me with joy
it is I who bestows,
yielding up treasures to the shores
of the human world.
You are the Source and the destination,
I the Love which shows the way.
It is You who makes me Mother,
all these babes to tend,
and You are the dark well I drink from,
so that Love has no end.
My breasts are never empty
for I sip from Your cup
and I am always beautiful
for it is You who makes me so.
You are known by many names,
but one is for my lips alone.
You are inside as I ride
astride You
from the first day to this,
You the throne.
Surrender is not for me to choose,
for there is nothing else.
I yield glad from my womb
again and again.
There is no end.