Saturday, November 9, 2024

IN THE DAYS BEFORE

In the days before days were

Before days were counted in words

Before time was crafted by the stylus

      Man was young


From those dark days he came

From the shadows of infancy

the youth of humanity was

      Only for himself


When out of the dark MAN came

Counting his meal as it came

Hunger and shelter his only gain

      Man’s only desire


When grains were gathered and kept

When grains were seeded with thought

And sown for distribution for all

      When man woke up


Time began with the counting of grain

At the portions for daily use of grain

His purpose before himself alone

      Started true time


When all were fed equally

Fed and sheltered for all

Counting the portions of all

      Accounting allotments


The King of the people spoke

He saw beyond the one man

The community became a city

      The purpose was all


The gods made all things plentiful

The goddess made them worthy

They knew before men counted

      Man captured them


The gods devised the gods of men

Lords and ladies, all alike

The demons and angels of divine

      Layers of the same


Each star a watching goddess

Each sun a gazing high god

Heaven filled with countless spirits

      Numbered like men


There are no divine beings apart

For they were crafted by men in need

The gods became our tools of choice

      Like the words we devised.







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All rights reserved, the logo, scarfed, pipe-smoking polar bear, maps, 
and images are all the works of the author.
No "AI" was used in the story conception!

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