The Shaman Said (by Pamela Sidney)
Poem 8 of 8 in "Salvaged from Coreys" Volume 3 Issue 1
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(1997)
THE SHAMAN SAID (Dedicated to Jim Morrison of `The Doors')
the shaman said:
live inside music
let it take you to the infinite mirror
the edge of reason, to the echo inside you
where the journey begins and dark is the key
to all mysteries
the shaman said:
outstare the snake
have no fear
kiss danger on the lips
swallow the alchemists' potion
and know the mystery
lies inside you
the shaman said:
life's line never ends
winds into infinite universes of feeling
unfolds with the energy of planets turning
expands with chaos into the void of all
the shaman said:
every thing that exists
transforms to other forms
no beginning, no ending
just eternal turning
of every thing
the shaman said:
utter your spells with purest thought
believe your chant and know
all matter will be moved
if you so desire
the shaman said:
break into your myth
invade the story
change the plot
re-form forms
take your destiny
into your own hands
the shaman said:
truth is disguised in myriad forms
will not be encountered
`til the layers of the soul are peeled away
laid bare to the abyss
the shaman said:
those who hunger personal power
who climb the ladders of dominance
will dissipate like every other thing
into the perfumed aether of beautiful chaos
the impersonal cosmos
the shaman said:
energy transforms
spirals infinitely
sings in tune
with loves' outpouring
the shaman said:
let fire burn
water flood
earth plunder
air be catalyst
for balance
always returns
after chaos
the shaman said
spiral like snail
fly as primordial dragon
transform to alchemist's gold
unwind like cosmos
be perfect as passion fruit flower
surrender to deep water
know your soul repeats
and repeats and repeats
the ancient story
the sacred song
the dream inside everyone
the shaman said:
the only escape is to oblivion
another prison
the pain within is flesh of living
spirits of ancestors
will guide in ways seemingly obscure
seeding voices inside you
the shaman said:
all ends in chaos
to be re-born again and again
let be, logic's noisy jangle inside your head
and listen to the infinite quiet
eventually the voice inside
will speak to you
the shaman said:
all is within the dream, within a dream
we dream to leave the dream
and so to dream anew
death comes in the form of a dream
to be re-born again
the shaman said
---(Pamela Sidney)---
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