Myths, Legends, and other Truths

Myths, Legends, and other Truths

by Everett A Warren

August 15, 2004

It is said that the call of the whippoorwill
brings out the souls of the dead
and takes them on their way
whither they may travel.

It is said that if you can hear the dulcet
tones of the indian ghost pipes
played on a warm June night
then when the flower fades so shall you.

It is said that the moonbeams are
pathways to the stars
and if you walk upon them
the man in the moon shall welcome you as friend.

It is said that journeys are keys,
but what they shall unlock
remains unspoken and unknown
save to those who have walked the ways before.

It is said that the chorusing of frogs
calling out from the pond-edges and bogs at night
are the glorious rhetorical speeches containing
all that should have been said but lay silent through the day.

It is said that the crows gather in the field
to hear the words of a storyteller
weave visions of myths and legends
and when they take wing as one they fly to spread the tale.

It is said that dreams are of two kinds:
flittering shallow fancies or deep whispered truths
and that those who dream the former
are legion and those the latter, few.

Copyright (c)2004 Everett Ambrose Warren