Integration

I want to be part of something

To be integrated

Jutta taught me how to be dedicated

I want to see the sunrise

I want to see the sky

I want to walk through the door

I want to know what I’ve never known before

I’ve only known the darkness for so long

I’ve only known the darkness is where I belong

The darkness comes no matter what

To everyone so it’s up to us to find our way

We are a part of something

We are integrated

The community supports those who are dedicated

I coax Richardis out of her silence and we become friends

The story of our success spreads

And behold!

In the forty-third year of my earthly course

A fiery light of exceeding brilliance came

And penetrated my whole brain

I saw a crowd of women brighter than the sun

All wonderfully adorned with gold and gems

And they shine like the dawn

And they utter their own individual mysteries

1141:

I found my life’s ambition

Broken women come to me out of their darkest night

And the community gives me permission

To write down what we talk about

When they find their light

We talk about nature:

For there is no creature without

Some kind of radiance

Whether it be greeness or seeds, blossoms or another kind of beauty

There is no creature without

Some kind of radiance

We talk about friendship:

If one perceives the joy one receives from another person

One will feel in one's heart

A great sense of enchantment

If one perceives the joy one receives from another person

One will feel in one's heart

A great sense of enchantment

And about our bodies:

Woman is a source of wisdom and a fount of joy

Woman is a source of wisdom and a fount of joy

Woman is a source of wisdom and a fount of joy

I am a part of something

I am integrated

The community takes my voice and elevates it

I build a chapter house for all my sisters

We glister as we grow in numbers and in strength

Our work is sacrosanct

And behold!

I saw the figure of a woman

Covered in scaly blemishes

And down to her knees she was white and red

As bruised by many beatings

And from her knees

To her tendons where they joined her heels

She was covered in blood

She is diseased from the inside

She is breaking apart

The community is diseased from the inside

The community is breaking apart

1163, and the community is in trouble

Schisms, factions, breakaway and make it weak

I will not stand by and watch it go to pieces

When it should be whole

So I go out and speak

We are a part of something

We are integrated

This is our community

I will not let you desecrate it

You ought to be the day but you are the night

You could be the sun and moon and stars but you lie in darkness

As if you are already dead

Oh foolish people!

You shamefully shrink

Into your cells and do not want to open

And I too see how the others mock your wicked ways

The others threaten the progress we’ve made

The others break away

Because you are the night exhaling darkness, when

You must become light

We are a part of something

We are integrated

This is our community

And nobody will desecrate it

We are a part of something, we are integrated

(We are a part of something)

This is our community and nobody will desecrate it

(This our community)

We are a part of something, we are integrated

(I am dedicated, I am elevated)

This is our community and nobody will desecrate it

(I am integrated, we are integrated)

We are integrated, we are integrated, we are integrated

We are integrated, we are integrated, we are integrated

We are integrated, we are integrated, we are integrated

We are integrated

We are integrated

We are integrated

We are integrated