tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650614.post5663195897203845934..comments2024-01-10T18:34:38.739-08:00Comments on Modern Mythology: Immanence of Myth anthology: personal essaysAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04721839742206290258noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9650614.post-27674776663829576282010-01-05T13:38:40.730-08:002010-01-05T13:38:40.730-08:00Four, My Secret Muse
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expla...Four, My Secret Muse<br /><br />I.<br /><br />We try to tell you<br />explain so clearly<br />you must need so badly<br />to be blind<br />What twisted so<br />maliciously your mind?<br />Is it your God -- Created<br />that greedy leaders may <br />more easily prevail?<br />Is it guilt and shame seeded<br />by consistent training insisting that you fail?<br />Enemies of chaos, steeped in fear<br />"Anything I will to you; just save me!"<br />Lost to balance, lost to whole<br />possibilities, splintering reality,<br />losing consciousness, losing<br />the ability<br />to be free<br />or sane<br />Fighting off complexity with<br />angry names, a screen of stones<br />thrown in bloody sacrifice<br />Eternal life is yours, we scream<br />While you destroy your birthright<br />in service to<br />a conjured dream<br />of denial<br /><br /><br />II.<br /><br />We who endure that searing penalty<br />for being born other than imperial<br />for being torn into what we<br />are told is real<br />without power to protect<br />ourselves from venal human scum<br />brothers of the order<br />spreading hatred<br />like any venereal disease<br />We no longer need to meet you<br />cowering on our knees<br />Ordained in derisive delight<br />enlightened, relieved of our plight<br />It's yours now to decide: flight or<br />frightened obeisance.<br />Karma's a hot potent bitch<br />unschooled in mercy<br />(education cuts don't guarantee<br />ignorance of what is taught <br />on these mean streets)<br />Witches reclaiming noble heritage,<br />reframing herstories<br />can no more be beaten<br />by usurped power.<br /><br /><br />III.<br /><br />Listen, little one, we will prevail<br />Though born and forced to serve in<br />our master's jail<br />watching every moment for our chance<br />we will break free<br />to adventure, romance<br />dancing away the chill of<br />foreign hills<br />etched in leaves and grass;<br />hiding in enchanted castles,<br />lost and lonely midst the masses,<br />masked to fit expected forms,<br />but it's just for a bit while we learn<br />new norms, learn to become what <br />we were from the start<br />Each a creature alive to the beat<br />of our own-reasoned heart<br /><br /><br />IV.<br /><br />Such ugliness in this beautiful world.<br />I blame us.<br />(No, not Americans, you anti-blame-America first crowd)<br />Homo saps --<br />amazingly creatively obscene.<br />Mundanely capable of barbaric acts<br />I don't want to imagine are we<br />It is hard for me to know how to feel.<br />Thinking peace, sweetness and light, <br />to attract what I desire<br />feels phony.<br />Anger feels nonproductive --<br />a tightening in my heart shrieking:<br />"Let it be done with!"<br />Seeking for another world to find<br />a fantasy respite, tightly aligned to<br />a bright inner sphere, binding to what<br />I hold dear, holding on for dear life,<br />would certainly simplify my dilemma.<br />I wish I could remember when all was<br />certain, life assured by Jehovah, or one of <br />His supplicants. That was before the<br />Awakening, when everything<br />woke up different, less defined.<br />Somewhere in my convoluted mind I know<br />is the answer.<br />Penultimate questions line up<br />for Communion. Holy guests <br />fly in mage's mass.<br />Lightning strikes<br />presaging cognition.<br />Key's in the ignition.<br />Let's go for a ride to some other side.<br />If we ever get back, nothing will be<br />the same. Unleashed from the pain,<br />designated renegade. Learning to fly,<br />escape from the herd hate stone,<br />can't be as hard as learning to stand<br />alone.<br /><br />7/11/09 libramoonlibramoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06077072773341726387noreply@blogger.com