I Shall Be Renewed

When seven years come round again My self is liquified, My skin becomes a holding shell For my old self has died. As I dissolve I feel great fear And yet I trust my soul. So in the sea I lose my form, And with the waves I roll. I am at one with all the world, And yet I am nothing. My inner waters rise and fall What will the high tide bring? After my drowning I shall rise And I shall be renewed. I must submit to that strange Life With which I am imbued. I am not mistress of myself, I am this moment’s flower. In the deep waters I must trust To take me to the shore. O hang my arms with grasses green And dissolve me in your sea. Thus when the time comes for rebirth Regenerated I shall be.