. Poetry from The Great In-Between: Ballad of the Witcher

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Ballad of the Witcher


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A long time ago

With some
Blindfolded or
Tied to old green
Wooden stakes

They loved to stone
Or just burn us

Just because they thought
We were different

Since they lived in an unseen
Primitive world

Overflowing with such
Shameless ignorance

We
Who once danced to
Old Mother Moon

Or just under
The mystical Sun

Maybe
In our own woodland grove

Or simply around
Luminous fires
On secretive moors

As the cycle's of the world
Slowly
Ebbed and Flowed

Always staying hidden from all
On the mainlands
Busy main roads

We the old
Or new poets
Singers

Music makers
Authors
Famous or still unknown

But still brave enough to
Stand courageously

In front of all the haters

We are all still
Representations of
The Old
Seducers of the mind

For we are all
World shakers

We who have always have walked
All those strange roads

Wherever our
Fate took us

And today we are all reborn

But now unafraid
To live our true way

For all our
Ancient ancestors
Now just
Live within
Us

Just leading us forward 

Is there a light
Within you too

A light
A strange beacon which
Is always lit

No matter how you feel

A need to write
Sing or  produce

Using all those all remembered
God given talents
To truly seduce

To help others
Purge all those emotions
Which
Around us all
Still flows

For we are all human
And so we are all baptised to feel


Did you once

With strength

And conviction

Willingly kneel


To be

Blessed before

Apollo's altar

To then stand unafraid before all to see
As you bravely whispered 

Blessed Be

Copyright John Duffy 2019

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