Not quite the Song of Amergin...

[jez]

I got this one morning around two years back... In fact, it seems that it was /exactly/ two years back...

It came so fast that I couldn't read my own writing...

--
(Not Quite) The Song of Amergin

I am a stag of seven tines that walks the forests wide
I am a flood across a plain that covers land with tide
I am a wind upon a lake that brings the stories near
I am a tear the sun lets fall upon my lover dear
I am a hawk above a cliff that calls with piercing voice
I am a thorn beneath the nail that offers bitter choice
I am a wonder among flowers that shines so bright and clear
I am a wizard - who but I all wreathed in smoke appear?

I am a spear that roars for blood which out of darkness flows
I am a salmon in a pool whose eye with knowledge glows
I am a lure from paradise, an other-worldly choir
I am a hill where poets walk and awen them inspires
I am a boar, ruthless and red, whose warring soul brings harm
I am a breaker threatening doom despite all soothing charms
I am a tide that drags to death - my brackish waters parch
I am an infant - who but I peers from the dolmen arch?

I am the womb of every holt
My blood gives life to all
I am the blaze on every hill
My flames shoot high and tall
I am the queen of every hive
My daughters tend the world
I am the shield for every head
My banner flies unfurled

And when the days of life are done
and all seems dark and cold -
I am the tomb of every hope -
the refuge of the old.

---
© Jezreell 2003

Given on the 6th December 2003 CE

[Blackbird]

And for those who haven't had the honour of hearing this Sung - I can assure you that it is Powerful Stuff Indeed!

Interesting that it was two years ago - and this time of year too. I'm starting to get 'stag stuff' again at the moment. Especially after harping beneath the 'Herne the Hunter' costume from Robin of Sherwood...