The Whale Rider

.... Maori legend....

Whale Rider: Part I

 

There is a joy I hear in your words,

a joining with Gaia’s elements,

air, soil,

fire, water

and an emergence,

colorful

like a caterpillar

crystalizing soft wings

gently painted

in butterfly sighs.

 

But,

your transformation

is more thunderous,

like the clash of two armies

raising bloody swords;

like roaring waves

pounding my shores.

You always told me

you were pulled by

the ocean’s waves.

 

And then,

off in the distance,

I see you swimming,

embracing ocean swells,

singing ancient whale songs,

calling to the Great Goddess

you have come to ride

into the depths.

You are singing to her,

enticing her to surface,

but this journey began

a long time ago,

in the forests of the North

with the cawing of crows

and discussions with Badb

to follow your heart, embraced by

Morrigan’s wings.

 

But Morrigan

is also of the sea

and this transformation,

a rising of destiny,

has brought you here,

this time,

this place.

She has called to you,

The Great Goddess of the Seas,

to ride her and sing,

to protect Gaia’s balance

and finally come home.

2/6/18  

Author's Note

.....thanks for reading.

Reviews

[barleygirl]

If not for your title, I would not have thought to read this as in riding a whale becuz I was reading it as if I were riding my habitat, the terrain here which I love so much, the wildness of the wilderness, the untamed nature that doesn't heed predictability or plans (((HUGS)))

[Ruth]

A beautiful legend and the returning home transformed moth to butterfly...Whale Rider is an amazing film also and one that remains a wonderful testimony to liberate the self and be self...whale song teaches many things, I learn a lot from studying whales. Thank you my friend...for sailing such a legend to shore...

[redzone]

thank you Ruth, I too loved that film... there were so many themes within it, lessons we all should know and feel... one of the interesting as well as important accomplishments of humanity was to include whale songs in the message sent out into space on one of the Voyager space crafts.... whale songs in the larger cosmos, a treat for any life form that hears it.... the two Voyagers are indeed a sign that humans can do wonderous things.... something else we have learned from whales whose songs travel around the world....

thanks again for your wonderful comment Ruth, I am glad you stopped by....