One day, years ago, I decided to be a goddess.

I thought, perhaps I could take this spark of divinity in me and nurture it, coddle it into a tiny conflagration, and then, maybe more.

I gave some thought to choosing an aspect. Most of the major positions are filled many times over, and besides, I needed to chose a divine function I could actually achieve. It's no good just posing at divinity.

So.

I am the goddess of being seen again.

When I leave the company of my followers, I do not say 'good-bye', but "Do you believe?"

And they reply, "I believe". And charged with their belief, I must then fulfill their prayer by someday returning to them.

The idea is that, someday, I will have accumulated such a body of belief that I can begin to perform small miracles. Maybe I can return to someone whose belief had lapsed, or be seen even where I am not (a flicker out of the corner of the eyes, maybe, to start). Then, with the greater body of belief fueled by these miracles, I could perhaps take on a more difficult aspect, and go through the cycle again.

And then I will be a goddess to be reckoned with.

So, as I depart, I ask you...

Do you believe?