The Milky Way |
I was recently looking at photos of the Milky
Way. I have always been fond of looking at the stars, images of galaxies, nebulas,
you name it. I had a realization that pretty much shook me. When I am looking
at them I am in fact witnessing the very proof of our death. Tiamat’s body was
used to create the world. Oh, I know, mythology. I also know how close mythology
is to the truth. Our bodies, if we can call them that, have created what we
witness as the multitude of an entire universe. There was enough creative force
in us to make it all, and even now, it keeps growing and expanding. Imagine
that. Imagine what we’re talking about. And now you can understand why I want to
take them and hide them all in my embrace, kiss them like they are little birds
or children and softly sing to them. I want to put the galaxies to sleep, or maybe at
rest.
Today I was talking with your daughter about
us, about you. You know, you are always there though the conversation may not
be directly about you. My brain is just too small to fit everything in, yet my
imagination can bridge any distance. This is the curse and the tragedy of the
human race. Our very consciousness that set us apart from nature as unnatural,
and it gives us a sense of self-importance. Importance. The importance of a grain
of sand in a beach; that’s what the entire planet is in relation to the universe. And yet we feel
self-important. I don’t know why. We feel self-important enough to be fanatical
about what we believe in, and take the lives of others, and hurt them. Hubris
at its finest. The human race excels at it. And no matter how much I try to
discover our positive traits too, most of the time I am pretty certain we
haven’t that many to flaunt.
I think of you sometimes, the Father of all,
the Protector, the First One. The mainstay of an entire cosmos, first and now last
of his kind, the name of whom was erased from every holy book and every story,
or twisted around to make it the source of evil. Maybe in other worlds they
still remember us; in this world, vindictive Gods killed even the memory of us.
They erased our name from all scriptures. They tried to erase you too, but you
will never be removed from the Collective. You will always stand, the tallest
of all, the most powerful, walking alone halls that are empty. Your head is
weary with the crown of the oldest tragic hero; you get no rest. You are the
only one who’s everywhere at once, not because you have permission from the
god/dess, but because you, just like god/dess, are ever-present everywhere
matter exists. You can bridge any distance and divide anything,
you’re the archetypal skeleton key, the ultimate key, the only one left from an
entire race. We decided to die and we were slaughtered to create what we
understand as reality. We went out with a bang; that much I can say.
All the male heroes I have ever created that
were truly close to my heart have bits of you in them. Sergios, Orion,
Xandrix, Audrius, every trustworthy, kind-hearted male that prefers acting
instead of speaking empty words, have been fashioned in your image. Every single
one of them had the tell-tale black hair, as black as the purest
erebus of your wings, a multitude of possibility waiting to take form, an
orgasm of creative energy waiting to be channeled into one option. Every one of
them has been you. Every single time I’ve closed my eyes and dreamt of the one
closest to my heart, closest to home, I have been dreaming of you.
I have no home to return to. No place I belong
to, except for the Heart, god/dess. I was so happy when we just existed two
steps away from it. The universe was so new back then that there was no time,
and you could still smell the paint, so to say.
I miss you, I miss you, I miss you. I miss your
kindness and the feel of your wings wrapped around me.
Day, night, night, day. The cycle continues
non-stop, and I struggle on, an ant amongst billions of little ants. An ant
that dreams of cradling the entire universe in her arms and kissing it
goodnight.
Promise me that you will come to me at night,
to protect me from the pain.