‘I remember how my mother would hold me.

I would look up at her sometimes and see her weep.

I understand now what was happening.

Love so strong a force

it broke the cage,

and she disappeared from everything

for a blessed

moment.

All actions have evolved

from the taste of flight;

the hope of freedom

moves our cells

and limbs.

Unable to live on the earth, 

Mira ventured out alone in the sky,

I write of that journey

of becoming as

free as

God.

Don’t forget love;

it will bring all the madness you need

to unfurl yourself across

the universe.’

Mirabai 

(enlightened female  mystic and poet)