The origins of life

Before the beginnings

Before the beginnings

life nor time were named,

only

fire and emptiness,

fleeing forces and gathering forces.

DonnaVie, did not yet exist,

was still becoming.

Pulling herself together,

becoming a young girl.

But she was alone. Desparetedly alone.

She revolved around herself without knowing why

and she went in circles without understanding the sense.

In those times,

before the beginning,

when everything was virgin and neither life nor time were named,

our ancestor Universe

visited DonnaVie,

plunged into her,

donated ovum, donated semen,

left her to herself.

DonnaVie,

complete, fulfilled,

male, female,

had everything

to procreate and raise,

to assist and correct,

to cocoon and punish,

to kill and revive.

Before the beginning

life nor time were named,

only the seeds of life,

sleeping, waiting,

DonnaVie,

pregnant without her knowing,

preparing life, without her realizing ;

forming the waters, the land and the atmosphere.

When everything was ready,

DonnaVie, discovered she was mother.

She gave birth, brought out the micro organisms,

who began to colonize the earth.

Bacteria, Algae, Fungi joined together

to face the harsh world,

create soil with rocks,

create soil with their bodies.

Then DonnaVie took the plants out of her bowels,

young shoots appeared, emerged from the earth,

grew, flourished, sowed,

and in turn colonized the earth,

adding their bodies to the soil,

adding their breath to the air,

helping DonnaVie

to find a balance

for life.

Finally, Donna Vie took the animals, us with them, out of her cave.

Animals that dig, fly, crawl, run or climb.

Quadrupeds, bipeds, winged, with fins.

Wild and dangerous animals. Friendly and domesticable animals.

Those who graze, suck, eat leaves, seeds, fruits, or eat each other.

Animals that fear us and flee and those that threaten us.

All brothers and sisters,

even if

we struggle understanding each other

even if

we fight,

even if

balances have to be found.

When everything was ready,

DonnaVie saw all that she had begotten,

observed her daughters, her boys,

and those who make no distinction,

contemplated them playing together,

helping each other, supporting each other

and also making use of each other

for life to come.

DonnaVie saw that what died regenerated,

and how the reborn was better than what had been,

ever richer, more lush, more divers

Life.

At the end of the Beginning,

DonnaVie knew she was mother,

durably,

cyclically,

which was to her fulfillment, accomplishment

of her long, very long existence.

DonnaVie was also

fostering,

nurturing.

She

the unwavering,

the inexhaustible,

the eternal

Mother of us all.

At the end of the Beginning,

DonnaVie said to herself

she now knew

she was circling around herself

to give each of her children time to warm up and get active

and another to rest and prepare a new tomorrow.

And she knew now

why she revolved around the great light

since there’s a time to be born and to grow,

and another to surrender and prepare for a new beginning.

And yes, at the end of the Beginnings,

DonnaVie said

that it was very well.

She kissed all her children

and rested from her work.