Nammu's Chariot~

~~and she went "Nope, ain't gonna let the world go out like this, you be that, and I'll be this, flip it, skip it, give it, be it, with a beat box rhythm, we'll make 'em feel it."

White swan

in a field of pearls

I’ll be the boy

to your girl

unfurl

fingerprints in onyx

digital blooms

embryonic

pressure

underbelly

religioso histrionics

when she kissed the fairy tale on the hip

fiddled with a microchip

tattoo a silver cage

moral compass engaged

textured to the bone

her body scroll

shifts

priestly avid fingers grip

her wrists

golden lock spasms

sea blue blood pouring from her ears

into a thousand old lines

meaty pulpit hammered

lies

she smiles

over a dainty shoulder

god scolds her

her glance

grows colder

wicked

calculated

curved blade

long and nimble fingers curl in

craved

she dares them one by one

show me!,

push comes to shove

he slips on metal gloves

while a doe ambles by in the corner frame

giving birth to bullets

caught in human games

of the story’s avalanche

in 3 D video games

above  mandala branches

tree of dirt flecked souls

where

girls in prayer formations

chanted

knees in stones

temple spine

inverted

water sky reverted

tribal strokes in black chalk under each eye

purr outside a café

sipping chai

manicured nails leaving trails in her own thighs

as palms’ press against walls in the clouds

face of the crowd

crows open for the heavens

priestess comes in an ochre chariot

stringing her braids into a lariat

ochre eye lashes

dusting the world

like moth wings

unfurl

lotus laughter from a million butterflies in her throat

in eight~note

as his gun points between her eyes

she peels the skin off human disguise

demise

gray matter

in a soundless explosion

her scent a sweet

musky potion

pollen

on the wind

gives the world on her axis

a brand new spin

while she

in golden leaves

climbs from the tree of Eve

into recreation

hybrid compilation

underneath a waterfall

shaping from pebbles

words into prose

while sunfish

dart in

out

between her ivory toes

 

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Author's Note

Nammu hails from the Sumerian creation text~ represents the primeval sea from which she gave birth to An and Ki ( Heavens and Earth Mother)~ without going into the deep core of the mythos~ it's written in Papyrus Geh that at the end is the beginning~unlike demonized versions of Armageddon which instill nothing but terror~Papyrus Geh relates endings as rebirths and sometimes a chariot is not made of gold and metal but skin and bones~
~Namaste~
~all ancient history/mythology flowers from the same womb~

Reviews

[Aven]

Selene... I don't think I need to tell you how amazing this is, but I do it anyway because I want to! there is something about your poetry that grabs me, I see vivid images and sweet scents drift on the air and I think it will never end... it's a great feeling to immerse oneself in your poetry. well written! :)

[AlieahRose]

THIS WAS SO SIMPLE...
IT WAS COMPLICATED...
I LOVE PEICES LIKE THAT...
THIS TELLS SUCH AN GREAT STORY...
ANOTHER AWSOME PIECE...
PLEASE NEVER STOP...!!!...

[Vanesa Markovic]

This is pure poetry!
I completely left myself during this reading and
for the short amount of time, I was head, heart and spirit, inside your words.
You are an amazing writer, and how I look forward
to reading your other works...wonderful!

[dovetailer]

The quandary of "what's next?" We all wonder the same thing. You seem skeptical of traditional dogma...God...repentence...redemption...retribution... Rebirth is such a convenient way to view what comes...a transition to what we already know... Another leg of a journey to where we've already been... Hmmm...
I personally feel God is a pure thing...a perfect thing... And our attempts to make the concept better...more palatable...more convenient have made it uglier than it was meant to be... Like plastic surgury... In an effort to make things more beautiful we make it worse... Your imagery is so beautiful... It makes me want to reach out and touch the picture you create...whatever is out there beyond us...I believe it is even more beautiful as what you describe...
I think I got the kernel of your thought
I hope I'm right

[Kesha]

Very amazing and wonderfully penned! I love the flow in this too! :)

[Maurice]

Each of your poems is always a new, exciting experience each time. Truly amazing.

[.]

After indulging in the beauty of this poem again and again I found myself reading all morning the mystical creations between the rivers of Paradise. The ebb and your smoothly flowing words have brought to light a dull and dreary Monday. Your are a poetic Goddess of creation. Now I am must return the Mesopotamian dream and devour more of the Heaven-the Earth-the Wind and Skies of Fiery Rains for which you have gifted me.
Daunting poetry my friend.

[Dream Weaver]

Whoa! I'm tongue tied! Luvin the vid as well...Didn't "Enigma" do this little ditty?

[Brad]

a great modern day twist on an ancient theme, nicely written by those elegant hands

[Matthew Kult]

Hello Selene,

I wish I had more to say than just amazing. I don't unfortunately, everything was Selene, and we know Selene is great. Everything was really vivid, and I do love when I can put moving pictures into my melon.

Regards,

Matthew

[David W Moore III]

I've decided that your poetry reminds me of watching a film, spliced from bits of masterpieces, the imagery whirling a crazy dervish between the different actors and scenes, but finally telling a different story than the individual pieces, and better than the masterpieces they were culled from.