amidst birthe ande deathe
the delicate importance of separatione
to finishe or commence
to breake ande be whole
it's in the middle
the space betweene twoe thingse
this is where the magic is
it's where ande how ande why they meet
ande it's what it does to them
in the middle
the space betweene twoe thingse
where the magic happenes
existential extremophile enlightenmente
binary imperative
love ande feare
that ande this
the voide which cradles everythinge
in the middle of it
the space betweene twoe thingse
to be somethinge
nothinge muste allowe the roome
lighte needs darknesse to shine in
ande the darke needs the lighte to subdue
in the middle
betweene twoe thingse
its alle magic
the reactive nature of the cosmose
there ande here
above ande belowe
the livinge stage
on that middle grounde
the place we make the magic happene
it's alle nutse ande screwse
me ande youe
when we come together
in the space betweene twoe thingse
where we make the magic happene
anythinge is possible
About the Creator
⸘jason alan‽
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not for what you understand
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you may learn to be charmed by my [secret‽] discontent
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A Flower Song
Apparently the Aztecs, Toltecs, Chichimecs and other Mexica were crazy about poetry. Despite the book-burning, slaughter, and epidemics that characterized the early stages of the Spanish conquest of the empires of Mexico, some hundreds of poems from the height of their tradition come down to us in Classical Nahuatl, preserved by Nahua and Spanish scholars of the 16th century. One of the most famous poets, Nezahualcoyotl, was a sage-king who opposed the cult of human sacrifice associated with Tezcatlipoca, God of the Smoking Mirror, and favored Quetzalcoatl, the Feathered Serpent. Flowers and feathers were the favorite offering of the Plumed Serpent. Moreover, flowers and feathers are a metaphor for poetry. Individual words, scattered petals, the down of tropical birds. The temples of blood sacrifice could be transformed into temples of flower and song. A sublimated offering to the Heart of Earth and the Heart of Sky encapsulated in the Classical Nahuatl kenning for poetry: in xōchitl in cuīcatl, meaning, "the flower and the song." The following poem is part of a longer work, and is in a state of flux, so take the waters as they flow:
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