One day I’d like to wake up and matter-
Not to you
Not to her
Not to him
Nor this world
But Just to myself.
Pen down healing words in my dark wounds,
Stay in silence & hear my heart's pounding sounds.
Sneak out through the construct of space and time,
Have conversations which will stay only between me and the Divine.
Look up at the moon and I see a reflection of me,
When the North star seems dim in front of my eyes that day shall I be free.
Pierce through my skin and Must I still smile,
but if I Ever hurt the child I once was you shall see an ocean of emotions in my eyes.
Appreciate this kind of being,
treasure what all my soul beholds.
Look at these scars with love
And consider myself my only and only beloved.
About the Creator
saanvi
words elaborate the emotions you see in one’s eyes while the eyes define what one’s soul feels.
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:
By Rob Angeli3 days ago in Poets
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