Heaven and Earth

The crystal moon turned red and I dissolved in order to love

The thirteenth constellation, Ophiuchus shown above Antares

The snake-holder and healer’s ankle brightened to a supernova

My tears formed butterfly wings

AS I swallowed the secrets of death

And joined the kingdom’s sweet breath

I climbed towards the shadows of my dream

On a path with many gates and heart aches

But then I hear the echo that your virtue makes

And travel beyond through victory’s pain

I crawl toward the silver light

Then it is revealed the icy chill of night

Bodies of the dead hung limp upon the fence

Their bloody war-swords picked up by children, young

Brainwashed, there is no security as the red horses run

‘round me were many luminous beings speaking in tongues

And the old Persian woman, stooped as she gave me food to eat

Then, I removed the heavy load from her head and washed her feet

She began to brighten and told me she was the goddess, Inanna

The sky rumbled and flashed as we rode off on her two golden lions

Then we took the boat of Heaven to the gate of joy before all times

I saw another kingdom passed, lit by the moon god, Zuen, father of Inanna

Sumer was a harmony-tongued land that spoke in one tongued-dimension

Then Enki, changed the speech in their mouths and brought contention.

And thence they go forth along the earth, and have a revolution to their circle

Even as other elements, they could not understand each other and fought

Parables and stories were passed to the minds looking for answers sought

The human race seeks structure, laws, guidelines to live in a society

Most want an authority to tell them how to live their lives

That way we can blame someone else for our problems in the hive

We act as children, believing that some type of Santa Clause will satisfy our egos

Not seeing the big picture of the history of this race but giving in to authority

To tell us what to believe, how we should think and act and bowing to “superiority”

As Marianne Moore expressed; “Toadyism; kissing the feet of the man above,

                                                                              Kicking the face of the man below…stupidity”