(East) <br />That Life conceived <br /> In Darkness born <br /> The Light that lights my eye is Wisdom's Child <br /> <br />(South) <br />She speaks the Word <br /> He is the Word <br /> I hear Oneword within Her silent hall <br /> <br />(West) <br />All things that Matter rise from Her <br /> He names by sound and song <br /> My flesh is flesh of Mother's only Child <br /> <br />(North) <br />This Life from Her <br /> He is this Life <br /> This Life I live beneath Her starry shawl <br /> <br />(East) <br />That Life conceived <br /> In Darkness born <br /> The Light that lights my eye is Wisdom's Child<br /><br />Steven Silent Wolf<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-four-grandmothers/