Easter from the Vernal Equinox. Christmas from Winter Solstice.
The original holy days seem lost, devolved to holidays when usurped by Crescent, Star and Cross of Abraham's sons.
Though they were born of the Earth men set out to set themselves apart, unable to abide being only one small part of a miraculous WHOLE.
They remmembered their own mothers' awe-full omniscience and with adolescent hubris insisted they could cut the cord connecting them to the natural world.
Mis-using the strength they'd been given to protect and shepherd they proclaimed dominion over all of Earth's intrinsic systems and designated themselves the Crown of Creation.
These once noble Knights of Nature soon degenerated as they turned to venerating an anthropomorphic "lord" of their own making who was but a violent vengeful version of themselves.
They comandeered the head of the table claiming it was ordained by the deity of their fable and seeing no difference between the Good Shepherd and the Terminator began to rape, taking things Earth freely gave them, destroying the very intricacy that sustained them by having their piece of cake and eating everyone else's, too.
- Vi Ransel
Vi's works appear widely both in print and online. She conducts Poetry Workshops and gives readings in Central New York. Her latest chapbook is "Sine Qua Non Antiques (an Arcanum of History, Geography and Treachery).
