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Isle of Two Gods
i.
I brought her crown and
sought the god
I thought I knew --
"O, help her! Can't you see-
her soul is gone..."
But wooden gods cannot see;
their eye, a hollow, dark hole--
empty ,
empty inside-- come, little birds
and build your nests within !
They have no words for me, so
fill them with your twigs
and lay your eggs among
their mossy innards.
ii.
I took her crown, then
sought the God, I did not know--
"O, surely, you are real !
Some say, you are life , itself ... "
I felt a light within my heart, and
laid her crown
upon His throne....
...then saw the altars
everywhere , standing stones,
among the grass.
The yoke is freed, from
'round my neck, our
idols , tossed, to brine and sea--
I return to see if she is risen ...
I brought her crown and
sought the god
I thought I knew --
"O, help her! Can't you see-
her soul is gone..."
But wooden gods cannot see;
their eye, a hollow, dark hole--
empty ,
empty inside-- come, little birds
and build your nests within !
They have no words for me, so
fill them with your twigs
and lay your eggs among
their mossy innards.
ii.
I took her crown, then
sought the God, I did not know--
"O, surely, you are real !
Some say, you are life , itself ... "
I felt a light within my heart, and
laid her crown
upon His throne....
...then saw the altars
everywhere , standing stones,
among the grass.
The yoke is freed, from
'round my neck, our
idols , tossed, to brine and sea--
I return to see if she is risen ...
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