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AncientHippie
Member

since 2009-10-15

Posts 411
Surfing the Cosmic Flow

0 posted 2009-10-19 12:55 PM

Long ago, as another me,
I sat by campfires in a grove of holy trees,
enthralled by the druid's tales of battles
fought by warrior kings who were my kin.

I knew the fear that shrank my body
and sped my heart as we,
naked but for shield and sword,
ran to meet the foe.

As swords flashed amid screaming men,
I sang of my village, my sept...
my love, I sang of you. Your hair
knotted in a neck loop of sacred design
protects me.

Long ago, as another me,
I marched with my clan
to the plains of Boyne
to repel the false King William.
I raged as we were slain:
two uncles, proud and tall,
five cousins, and my brother:
all dead amongst the strangers.

Long ago, as another me,
I was driven by hunger, by need
to preserve my name,
to ride the famine ships west.
Today, in celebration,
my children are taught,
in story, and in music,
to acknowledge who we are.

Sutra 4: Do not expect your Path to be smooth. It will have rocks, slippery portions, and parts that are washed away completely. Persevere.

Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius

since 2009-10-10

Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

1 posted 2009-10-19 01:15 PM

Celtic music has always called to me~L

Mysteria

Member Laureate

since 2001-03-07

Posts 18328
British Columbia, Canada

2 posted 2009-10-19 01:35 PM

I heard so many tales from my mother and grandmother such as this poem when I was young, and passed them on to my grandkids. These poems and stories will last many lifetimes.

Sláinte mhaith!
Mysteria

2islander2
Member Ascendant

since 2008-03-12

Posts 6825
by the sea

3 posted 2009-10-19 02:03 PM

Thanks AH, as a celtic man I appreciate your poem and its opened philosophy.

regards

yann

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

4 posted 2009-10-19 02:47 PM

Long ago, as another me,
I was driven by hunger, by need
to preserve my name,
to ride the famine ships west.

I like this so much... and only part of the liking is that the echoes tell my history! *S*

AncientHippie
Member

since 2009-10-15

Posts 411
Surfing the Cosmic Flow

5 posted 2009-10-20 08:42 AM

Lori, thank you.
Mysteria, it is what we in the Irish diaspora do.  Glad you enjoyed.
2islander2, Hail, fellow Celt! What is a Celtic islander doing, landlocked in France?
Slainte,
Seamus
Suthern, and my personal Echoes as well.  Thank you for reading.
Jim

Sutra 5: Public self-criticism does not brighten one’s Spark of Brahman: it merely feeds one’s narcissism.
Jim's Guide to Enlightenment: The Comple

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

6 posted 2009-10-23 01:59 AM

Music carries the stories of our history and the emotions from our soul. I really like this, Mr. Hippy Sir.

A

AncientHippie
Member

since 2009-10-15

Posts 411
Surfing the Cosmic Flow

7 posted 2009-10-23 08:26 AM

Thank you, Alison. Glad you enjoyed. Lumpy oatmeal is an abomination!

Sutra 8: Faith is not an alternative to thought: the one excludes the other.

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