Interpreter Poem by Lynn Anne Brown

I am a descendant of the Gods
And ultimately a part of the one
From whom all life emerged
The Great mother
The seed of all existence
Is within me
Within us all
And I've been called
To help nurture that seed
To join my elder
Brothers and Sisters
In helping to shape
This World
Into a place
Worthy of our Divinity
In our youth
We've were given
A place of great Beauty
Our mother
Became for us
a place
With fertile lands
Flowing waters
and blue skies
She brought forth
Plants and Animals
Trees and Mountains
And all sorts of wonders
For us to explore
And she shared with us
A consciousness of Love
And an ability
To understand
Some
of the Workings
Of her Mysteries
She invited us to share
the making of a place
Where all life would be honoured
She made us so we would need
To depend on one another
So that life need to feed on life
In order to continue
To Thrive
To remain one with her
And while she
Not because she was cruel
But because we are all part
Of the circle of Regeneration
Birth and Rebirth
And while she offers us
All that we can eat
She also reminds us
That we too
Will eventually become the food
Rejoining her in the soil
To consumed
So the next round of life
May emerge from her bones
And she instilled in us
Intelligence
And the knowledge
The we are part of this great cycle
So that we could help her
In her becoming
Because she is growing still
Through the lights
And accomplishments
Of all her children
And all she asks
Is that we take no more
Than what is needed
In the journey
To our own becoming
And to treat
With honour
And respect
All things
That play
A part in it.
And as for me
Though once I thought
It would be priest
The part she's asked
I play
Is interpreter