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Mother Moon by saffyre-onyx

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The Moon sits upon her throne in the sky
And looks down over the Earth at night
With a frown on her face
And crystalline tears in her gloomy eyes,
Thinking back many ages past
When evenings were slow
As the Sun sank so low
And she rose up to hail the stars.
The humans were her children then
And she was the Mother of women and men
And plants and animals alike.
She was the Goddess of the tide,
The light in the darkness, the fire inside
Of all the things beloved to her
From the lily to the lion, the infant to the bird.
She ruled with the Sun, the Father of all.
He was the warmth of the spring,
She, the beauty of fall.
They were equal to one another.
They shared the kingdom Earth.
They made love in grassy meadows
And to nature she gave birth.
They sowed the seeds of creation.
Together they gave the world life.
They taught their children lessons,
Through love as well as strife.

Now those lessons have been forgotten
And she no longer reigns
Over the humans she so loved,
Who only gave her pain.
But every night that she comes up full
She is overjoyed to see
A few of her children come back to worship
And she is as mighty as she used to be.
Though many have discarded her mysteries
And revere her lover alone,
There still remains a following of Witches
Who know how brilliantly she once shone.
They dance and sing and love in her honor
And revive the lessons she taught before
In an effort to bring her back to greatness
And make the world her kingdom once more.
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"This is about the old religion of Paganism, back when the Goddess was worshipped by more than a minority, and about how it has mostly died out as Christianity and male dominance took its place.
It's through the moon's point of view, the moon being a symbol of the Goddess in my religion.
Yes, I realize that the rhymes are weird. I wasn't trying for any particular structure.

Enjoy.
:rose:
~Aimee~"
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