Love is a fire, burning bright and warm,
A flame that illuminates and keeps us from harm.
It's a feeling that lifts us up to the sky,
A force that makes us feel like we can touch the sky.
Love is a river, flowing deep and wide,
Carrying us through life's tides.
It's a bond that ties our hearts and souls,
A connection that makes us whole.
Love is a seed, planted in the ground,
That grows into a garden all around.
It's a source of hope, a reason to live,
A beautiful gift that we have to give.
So hold on to love, and let it lead the way,
For it has the power to brighten up your day.
With love in your heart, you'll never be alone,
For it is the greatest power known.
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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:
By Rob Angeli2 days ago in Poets
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