my own mother was Pele
in spite of her culture
I cannot say I got my passion from her
really it is more like Pele was one of our foremothers
one our ancestors
we women are Pele
most often in spite of ourselves
and who we were taught to be
Pele is our grandmother
creator of the lands on the sea
she is and was passion itself
rising from the core of the earth
to her own molten core
how to hold this heat?
how to flow in the flame without being burned?
how to know ourselves as the flame itself?
—Lorena Wolfman
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