The Ancient One (Creation of the Zulu)

Project for my Myths & Legends class. I decided to do a poem. . . since of course I'm by myself instead of in a group

Created from reeds, Oh Ancient One

You who have made the moon and sun

You are so great, oh Unkulunkulu

From that seed you have grew

To make the stars, the sky, the green grass

To make man-kind, and the humble jack-a*s

You’ve given us names, you’ve given us life

You’ve showed us fire, and hunting with a knife

Oh Ancient One you even taught us to grow food

To build shelters from the oak tree wood

You’ve picked the healers, the mothers, the wives

From the Uthlanga, you’ve saved our lives

Now you rule, the first of man

And knowingly we haven’t a life span

Immortal we may be, until that day

You sent the chameleon on his way

His task was to tell us we shall live forever

That we needn’t worry about Death, we’d stay together

But impatient Unkulunkulu grew as days passed by

And he planned to send a lizard, speaking of demise

Its’ task was to tell the villagers of Death’s coming

While still, the chameleon was still running

The sun sprang up, and the lizard set off fast

And not before long, the chameleon had been passed

The lizard kept moving, heading for the village

That village that at his message, Death would pillage

As the lizard delivered his news, he left quickly on his feet

The chameleon’s message of life had been beat

Death now visited the village, the Zulu suffered the consequence

Never will Death leave, because of the chameleon’s lack of sense.

Author's Note

Yeah, this is kind of educational. If you don't wanna read it I understand. It's for creation myths in one of my classes, but I still want some feedback please?

Reviews

[nicolo]

nice. :) this is good stuff. I like the way you used the "jack-a*s" word.

[rwar ish me]

Well I for one love it. I think it is a good read and I thank you for writing it. I truely love it