Opening Attunement June 10, 2026

THE VENUS SEQUENCE

Taye Bela Corby

INVOCATION

Hear your own stillness
before listening
to any of your words.

Embrace frozen, jagged spaces.
Dive deeply.
Smack into the tundra
of your wounded places.

CHORUS

We are here now.
Together.
Alive.

Here in this.
Moving.

THE WITNESSES · BARBARA DONNA (TAYE'S BIRTH NAME)

That one who pressed against her father's chest
in a desperate attempt to crawl inside his body
long enough to feel his love.

The one who snuck on her mother's high heels
and lipstick
while devouring Twinkies.

THE RECKONING

Where have I been
while I was doing something else?

Nobody listened.
Nobody heard me.
Not even me then.

And now it is later.

CHORUS

We are here now.
Together.
Alive.

Here in this.
Moving.

THE DISARMING

Disarm.

Free your space.
Free-flow dance.
Take your place.

THE CONTRAST · HELD TOGETHER

CHORUS

We are here now.
Together.
Alive.

Here in this.
Moving.

THE HUMBLING

Embarrassment
fades.
Out of focus.

Humility sounds
a pulsating sound.

Gentle patience.
Forgiving.
Lifting us all
to higher ground.

THE BRIDGE · BORROWED TEARS

I borrowed these tears.
Given to me
when I needed them.

I embrace them now.
And I will return them to her
as I am able.

Beautiful stranger.
Barbara Donna.

Twenty-one years
inside the house
Taye built.

CLOSING

Let it be easy.
Let it be fun.
Fill us with gratitude,
opening our hearts
one to one.

I am here.