Voices From Long Ago

 

Voices from long ago,

energy summoned by spirits of old.

The air vibrates from wisdom possessed

by intrigue and myth that once pulsed

through her lands, seismic in power,

she feels the magic tingling in her hands.

 

Adorned with the moonlight,

draped with fine threads of silver and gold,

precious stones of tourmaline bejewel

her slender arms and wrists,

moonstone glows in the hollow of her neck,

a timeless display of femininity to behold.

 

In the distance, archaic beats

rapture and electrify the starry heavens.

She dances in movements fluid and prophetic,

celebration of the Goddess breathing through her

as she twirls and sashays in rhythm poetic,

and she's weightless and ecstatic.

 

The heat of the fire blazing majestic in the night,

invoking trancelike serenity as she closes her eyes,

head thrown back, arms raised in praise,

cascading hair reflecting the moon,

shadow of her slender silhouette cast by the blaze

as she twirls in a beautiful craze.

 

The rites of the earliest civilizations,

societies worshipping feminine forms of God,

sweet daughter of earth bestowing honor

on the mother she sees in reverance and awe.

Old religion dismissed, hidden away,

but adorned with compassion and magic so raw.

 

Where has time disappeared to?

Those days so long ago when you could

lose yourself in harmony and pay respects to the divine.

So she dances in rememberance,

losing herself in whispery wind caressing,

oceans, mountains, and trees create her shrine.

 

Shedding away confinements,

she's a vision of luminescent beauty,

freeing her mind of the daily static and modern jargon,

the burdens trafficing her souls flow.

She's a goddess, with my form and face,

listening to the voices from long ago.

 

Reviews

[Writer *78*]

This is a very well thought out poem and has gone on my favorites list. That said it is lost as Ive said that people dont realize how moving it was to pray to the 'Gods' back then, even though if you researched Greek Mythology they were nice to you but if you betrayed them it would be the worst for your mortal soul. Even the Egyptian Gods were worse than that of the Greeks. This is also very spiritual at least to me. I am at the point within my life that I see everything being connected in a sense.

These are my favorite lines:

Those days so long ago when you could
lose yourself in harmony and pay respects to the divine.

Your poetry to this day still moves me. We cant be free to think when it comes to religion or spirituality because its all confined by society the sooner we let go of 'worldly' things the sooner we can be ourselves and be accepted. Well done.

[Melody Telleria]

I wish to rediscover what it felt like to freely worship in a very earthly and pure sense. I do realize that the gods of old were cruel amidst their love and it makes it more real. Even though we have "freedom of religion" it really doesnt feel like we do. Theres so much baggage attached to all religions of modern day and we are lost even in what we choose to call our religion. The purity and beauty of having something to hold in awe and respect and to pray to has been tarnished and muddled. I myself have been researching a lot what it meant to people in the past, especially the ancient religion of The Goddess.

[Writer *78*]

as ive said i'm at the point within my life where i see all the 'lines' being connected with other religions. its true we should have 'freedom of religion' but it seems like we don't because of the society and how we live today. religion is corrupted either way you look at it (meaning priests doing things with people but in my opinion if you choose to do that then you controdict what they stand for) spiritually its very comforting. i have to agree with you on that. im a catholic but haven't gone to church but i am beginning to pray again for help. but i do believe that there is a god and still believe the catholic way of christ and all that. but i still think that everything is connected somehow. what do you think?

[Melody Telleria]

I believe in God. I also believe that the God I believe in is the God a worshipper of another religion believes in. I think that our deity in life presents himself in many forms and with many faces. There are interpretations of God. Along side believing in God, I also feel that the earth is alive and that we are connected infinitely. We are cycles of time and people and the same living organism that we are all made up from. And for me, the earth presents herself as a feminine essence that I permeates us with the need to nurture and grow and understand us.

[Writer *78*]

Im beginning to think that God has many faces not just one. Dont get me wrong I still believe that Christ died for a reason, but then I come back to my original question: Is there anyway that everything could be connected and that there is more than one way to the ever living God? By way I mean way of prayer or something along that line.

[MandaBear]

100/100 Great write! I really liked it!!! =)