We make ourselves one body
Something larger than we were before
With all that feels alive in me
And all that feels alive in you
We are interconnected
We are one entity
Having all these divergent, disparate,
seemingly contentious experiences,
but still part of this one body.
Here we are conspiring together.
Here we are breathing together.
Here we are moving together,
moving for the sake of our whole body.
Because that’s who we are.
This is a reunion.
We’re re-membering.
Re-Membering.
The author based this chalice lighting on the conversation between adrienne marie brown and Makani Themba (PDF) from the “Witch School Chapter 21, Makani Themba” episode of the podcast How to Survive the End of the World.