When gods had left the earth they left it dark
No light in the trees -- no light but some stars
where they touched the sky and left their godly mark
earth they touched too; she still carries their scars
We sat; we heard some faint call in the night
the stars a distant glimmer in our eyes
We heard the wolves howl; we cowered in fright
at the horizon we saw the moon rise
One of us rose; a shape against the sky
she was entirely like us; the same
yet soon she made fire; and now we asked why
and if from gods the night we may reclaim
was divine light gone, or just abeyant?
now we ourselves -- slightly incandescent
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No light in the trees -- no light but some stars
where they touched the sky and left their godly mark
earth they touched too; she still carries their scars
We sat; we heard some faint call in the night
the stars a distant glimmer in our eyes
We heard the wolves howl; we cowered in fright
at the horizon we saw the moon rise
One of us rose; a shape against the sky
she was entirely like us; the same
yet soon she made fire; and now we asked why
and if from gods the night we may reclaim
was divine light gone, or just abeyant?
now we ourselves -- slightly incandescent
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Notes</label>
I think this was written about 15 years ago, so around 2010.</p> </div> </div>
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