The world can be a very lonely place
People that you used to know become strangers
People that you used to be close to became distant
That momentum that you once had is gone...
Even though we may feel like we are alone
We are not truly alone
We have special forces that guide and protect us every day
Regardless of what you may or may not believe in
We have
Nature, animals, guardian angels, family, or friends
that care about us
We have endless possibilities of support that is with us
Believe me when I say that this loneliness feeling will not last
About the Creator
Soph
Welcome to my page!
My stories will consist of poems that are both new and old. The poems will cover many subjects and emotions that my life experience has brought me.
I hope that my poems will touch or inspire you.
-Soph
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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