YEMOJA: MOTHER OF WATERS


  1. Mother of origins, guardian
  2. of passages;
  3. generator of new life in flood
  4. waters, orgasm,
  5. birth waters, baptism:

  6. Summon your children
  7. haul the rain down

  8. white water: blue water
  9. The circle comes round

  10. Always something
  11. cooking in your pot
  12. Always something
  13. blueing in your vat
  14. Always something
  15. growing in your belly
  16. Always something
  17. moving on the waters

  18. From Caribbean shore
  19. to far-off Angola, she'll
  20. spread out her blue cloth
  21. let us cross over –

  22. Summon your children
  23. haul the rain down

  24. sweet water: salt water
  25. the circle comes round

  26. Always something
  27. cooking in your pot
  28. Always something
  29. blueing in your vat
  30. Always something
  31. growing in your belly
  32. Always something
  33. moving on the waters

  34. If faithful to Yemoja
  35. mother of waters, fear not
  36. O mariner, she'll
  37. smooth out your waves –

  38. Summon your children
  39. haul the rain down

  40. fresh water: salt water
  41. the circle comes round

  42. Always something
  43. cooking in your pot
  44. Always something
  45. blueing in your vat
  46. Always something
  47. growing in your belly
  48. Always something
  49. moving on the waters

  50. Life starts in her waters
  51. and ends with her calling
  52. Don't pull me, my Mother,
  53. till I'm ready to go –

  54. Summon your children
  55. haul the rain down

  56. fresh water: salt water
  57. the circle comes round

  58. Always something
  59. cooking in your pot
  60. Always something
  61. blueing in your vat
  62. Always something
  63. growing in your belly
  64. Always something
  65. moving on the waters

  66. Renewal is water, in
  67. drought is our death,
  68. we dissolve into dust and
  69. are washed to the sea –

  70. Summon your children
  71. haul the rain down

  72. fresh water: salt water
  73. the circle comes round

  74. Always something
  75. cooking in your pot
  76. Always something
  77. blueing in your vat
  78. Always something
  79. growing in your belly
  80. Always something
  81. moving on the waters