Here winds a cathedral into the earth
\nHere sings a voiceless choir,
\nEchoes indiscernible from the wind.
\nMy words are weak against these limestone walls.<\/p>\n
Here there once were gods; here they stand still.
\nA great black bull the scale of night
\nUnspeakable in its ageless strength
\nAnd mares the colour of blood and birth.<\/p>\n
Here long ago the god of fire danced with that of time
\nAnd teachers spoke the never-ending tales,
\nNow we do not understand
\nAnd bird-headed heroes break ever on the clay.<\/p>\n
Here hands touched their fingers to eternal stone
\nSmeared their prints into the breath
\nOf deer reaching their necks above a flood.
\nNot yet washed away by time, I look down at my hands.
\nAnd they look just the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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