reclamation

and the rainbow serpent
sang from the mist
guiding the ship’s sail in
fog filled anthems
rose in drifts
one voice
amid the din
the chosen
heard the call
summoning the child
of gentle eyes
and stories
out of the wild
older than life
the tall grass dancer
stands earthened faced
tasting the wind and sky
in bone and ash
a spear held high
casting his return
what’s given can’t be taken
nor what’s taken kept
the journey of the bloodline
flows back into the first
where ancient pools lie waiting
for all who share the thirst

  • Nancy Stafford

    Nancy Stafford

    beautiful poem it has alot of meaning

  • butchart replied

    thanks for taking the time to read my work nancy.. i really appreciate it.. i’m glad you got something from it…..... peace and light…..b

  • Lisa  Jewell

    Lisa Jewell

    Oh but my do I love this piece,
    there is a majesty about the life you breathe into your words.
    profound work, Butch x

  • butchart replied

    you always say the kindest things… thank you so much lisa… i really do appreciate it… like being visited by RB royalty.. thank you for taking the time…..... love and light…..b

  • Andre  Furlan

    Andre Furlan

    WOW ! AS ALWAYS ….xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxto you !

  • butchart replied

    hey you… i’ve missed you so much… are you well? and thank you ..still an angel i see…...... much love…...b

  • TBall

    TBall

    classic as usual….im thinking greek gods, setting forth on a large row boat with a two hundred slaves of men, their muscles glowing from the heat, light, sweat…...sorry went some where else

    great piece

  • butchart replied

    oh my… i like where you went.. ha..don’t stop…write a poem…........ thanks mate…..b

  • Deborah Milligan

    Deborah Milligan

    wonderful words butch. I love this piece :)

  • butchart replied

    hey deb.. thanks so much for stopping in.. always a pleasure when you visit my work…... i’m very glad you enjoyed this….. peace and light….....b

  • Danilo Lejardi

    Danilo Lejardi

    Mmmm…!

  • butchart replied

    hey my friend… thank you…. i’ve been very busy offline so i am sorry for not getting back with you on your bmail… i will do that tonight… hope your baby is much improved….... b

  • erich biemer

    erich biemer

    right out of the park….

  • butchart replied

    ...and right on to facebook?? ha….. thanks so much erich..and i also appreciate you standing up for us writers in the forums… i just can’t bring myself to enter that fray…..... peace and light friend…..b

  • Ushna Sardar

    Ushna Sardar

    fabulous b! love this!

  • butchart replied

    hey ushna… thank you and i’m glad you made your way to this one..as i was thinking when i finished it that it was a piece that would speak to you…..... love and light…....b

  • Solomon Walker

    Solomon Walker

    excellent piece again, Butchart, with great depth…

  • butchart replied

    thank you solomon ..so much… always an honour from you as you were one of the first poets who inspired me here on rb…. peace and light…....b

  • Ushna Sardar
  • butchart replied

    both humbled and honored….........xxx….........b

  • JaneSolomon

    JaneSolomon

    Such a beautiful piece….my soul went on a timeless journey reading your words. Congrats on your feature B, much love xxx

  • butchart replied

    thank you so much for your kind words and support.. i’m sorry i haven’t been around much to return the favor.. i hope you’ve been well….... love and light…..b

  • Andre  Furlan

    Andre Furlan

    STILL TAKING ONE DAY AT A TIME ..BUT AN ANGEL HIS LOOKING AFTER ME ….YOU KNOW !!!;-) ( over the rainbow )

  • butchart replied

    did something happen i don’t know about… please write when you have time….. xxxxxx…..b

  • ellamental

    ellamental

    Hey B. Glad you are still with us!!!

  • butchart replied

    hey ella me too… i’m dancin as fast as i can…..... thanks for always being around….... love and light…...b

  • Kim Bender

    Kim Bender

    Love how you put the words together!!! Great poem!!

  • butchart replied

    hey kim.. it’s great to see you here..and thank you so much ( i just had to do a quick check and make sure you hadn’t dropped off my watchlist… i hope everything is ok)......... peace and light..b

  • Wendy  Slee

    Wendy Slee

    Your words weave the ancient rhythm of the dreamtime into the present day existence with such beauty, it evokes so many images and stories within me, as if in deep deep remembering

  • butchart replied

    what a beautiful comment wendy … thank you so much for your kind words…..... peace and light…..b

  • walela

    walela

    Wonderful B!

  • butchart replied

    hey … thanks so much for stopping by.. i appreciate it….....b

  • Kristin  Reynolds

    Kristin Reynolds

    This reads like a kundalini excersise to me; I can see the snake uncoiling and rising through all the chakras here. at least that’s what I pictured, beautiful, B!

  • butchart replied

    i love when my words (or anyones) can creat visual pictures in the readers mind.. so i appreciate your wonderful comment very much…... as always..thank you for your kind support of my work…... peace and light….b

  • Cassidy JK (Ra Or Emraeh)

    Cassidy JK (Ra...

    You’ve conjured many images and things to think about here. I believe many share the thirst.

  • butchart replied

    i believe they do too sweet cass…. thank you as always…. much love….b

  • lianne

    lianne

    As soon as I read the opening line I thought as Kristin has of Kundalini myself – this path to enlightenment – but in a mythic, more elemental setting. A kind of primitive awareness of connection that contemporary man seems to have forgotten, a hidden knowledge brought to the foreground at last. Each time you write, dear heart, it’s as if you are creating a new mythology for our time, the effortless flow of your words, the profound sensitivity of your images. This one will be around for many years, darling Butch. I’ve loved everything you’ve ever written but this one is very near the top of my favorites. Love it….love you, always.

  • butchart replied

    your words sweet lianne…made my heart smile.. as i took special care with this one…. you’ve taught me how to harnass the gushers…and for that..and many other reasons.. i love you dearly….. thank you my dearest…...b

  • Sally Omar

    Sally Omar

    Beautiful, absolutely Beautiful!!!!!! def FAV!!!!!! xooxoxo

  • butchart replied

    i’m so glad you found some beauty here sally….. thank you for your kind words… i hope you are well….... love and light…..b

  • hsien-ku

    hsien-ku

    magnificent, rich and profound writing! the child of gentle eyes and tall grass dancer both. sensation added to sensation – growth without negation. I felt, as did lianne, that I was witnessing a whole mythology unwinding. stunning writing!

  • butchart replied

    i’m honoured by your kind words… thank you so much…. i do believe that a journey to the past..each individual’s past…. is a path of discovering true knowledge…. so myth’s become personal histories that lead us all back to the one…..... love and light….b

  • Keith Reesor

    Keith Reesor

    b…......such enchanting imagery!! Could be put to the some of the best of groups like, Genesis, Yes, Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull, etc!! :)

  • butchart replied

    i like the way you think my friend…. want to be my agent?? ha…... thanks so much keith…...b

  • Scott  d'Almeida

    Scott d'Almeida

    wonderful words

  • butchart replied

    thanks so much scott…..b

  • liesbeth

    liesbeth

    let’s sit together at these ancient pools b.. ♥

  • butchart replied

    good deal… i accept my lovely friend…. what a wonderful thought….... xxx…...b

  • Sarah Russell

    Sarah Russell

    Wow….

  • butchart replied

    i think a wow is pretty cool…... thank you so much…...peace and light….b

  • Kevyn Paul Eisenman

    Kevyn Paul Eis...

    Excellent, my Brother…
    Peace

  • butchart replied

    thank you… i hope you are well brother….. much peace and light to you….......b

  • tkrosevear
  • butchart replied

    thank you for this wonderful honour…... i’m touched…... love and light…...b

  • Erhan OZBIYIK

    Erhan OZBIYIK

    WOAA !!!!
    Butch this is wonderful poem and thought even philosophy.. You are GREAT !!!
    Great Hugs Brother !! :)

  • butchart replied

    erhan… i am so glad you found something here that touched you…... you are such a kind soul….. it’s an honour to know you…... thank you so much….. love and light….b

  • Erhan OZBIYIK

    Erhan OZBIYIK

    And congratulations !!! :)))
    Great Hugs :)

  • robpixaday

    robpixaday

    what’s given can’t be taken
    nor what’s taken kept

    This made me say, “YES!”
    The entire poem is astonishing…..creates so many images…feelings…......Did you see the movie “Lion in Winter” - ? The scene where Eleanor comes home for Christmas in that boat….the music from that scene was surging in my head as I read this poem. Wow.
    I tried to get you the link for the scene but YouTube has a “Closed for Maintenacne” sign on it…

  • butchart replied

    alright sista… (big smiles)..... thank you…. gosh..it’s been such a long time since i saw that movie that i can’t remember that scene or the music…but i will definitely look for it….... big love…....b

  • robpixaday

    robpixaday

    here it is
    (YouTube woke up!)

  • StormSage

    StormSage

    Hi, we thought this poem was so well written and globaly relatable that we have made it a featured poem on our Creative Network Blog

    Really lovely work you are sharing on RedBubble.

  • marieangel

    marieangel

    great passion write and on course wow…x

  • butchart replied 25 days ago

    hi… thank you for your kind words and for taking the time to read my work….... peace and light…......b

  • RikkiWoods

    RikkiWoods 29 days ago

    This is incredible writing.

  • butchart replied 25 days ago

    thank you so much for your kind comment… i really appreciate you taking the time to read my words….. peace and light…....b

  • mklau

    mklau 28 days ago

    Butch my dearest friend…your magic word weaving entrances..perhaps seduces…me. Its powerful and verymoving to me. love and light xx

  • butchart replied 25 days ago

    oh sweet man… your kind words have given me such a smile…..... thank you so much….. love and light…...b

  • ArcadiaTempest

    ArcadiaTempest 27 days ago

    I saw an ancestral thread being woven in this….with different embodiment of that spark of lineage that holds our truthful eternal essence…. a pool of thoughts to drink from for the real thirst we have…XX Just sublime work ..

  • butchart replied 25 days ago

    wow… such a wonderful comment on my words.. thank you so very much… i really appreciate the time you take…..... love and light…....b

  • BiographyofRed8

    BiographyofRed8 27 days ago

    very visual like so much of your writing, taking us on these journeys to another time.. beautiful work, my friend

  • butchart replied 25 days ago

    hey red… always happy when you come visit… thanks for the kind words… love and light…...b

  • PeteStreet

    PeteStreet 27 days ago

    After the Castaneda books are read and The Last Resort by the eagles played, when the magic mushrooms have been devoured and the beautiful children deflowered… there’ll be a smoke signal in the form of some deeper understanding, possibly forgiveness, mysticism and pure gentlemanly conduct… this is you and this is no smoke screen.

  • butchart replied 25 days ago

    you always manange to get inside and make me feel wonderful… thank you for that gift dear man….. i hope you are well and smiling someplace….... love and light….....b

  • gretchen .

    gretchen . 25 days ago

    this sort of writing summons soul tribes… it left me in a state of wonderment about the whys and hows of living… where it begins, the way it doesn’t end… you have such a unique way at expressing connections with words… i always feel like i can literally hear the voice in your work. x o x

  • butchart replied 24 days ago

    wow… my face is red….. thank you so much my friend..your kind words made my day…. love and light….b

  • francis  carter

    francis carter 24 days ago

    great poem stunning imagry!! Francis

  • butchart replied 12 days ago

    thanks so much for your kind words… i’m sorry i am so late in replying…....b

  • cosimopiro

    cosimopiro 13 days ago

    There’s a long connection in all of us that goes back before time and to those who are willing to open their ancient souls to it will drink from its well and become a part of it. That’s all I got Butch…...your words can be doorways to many states of being and worlds…..which is what I like about reading and writing. Nice to have met you.

  • butchart replied 12 days ago

    wow… i love what you took from this… and that you read my intent… thank you again for your kind words.. and yes..it is a pleasure getting to know you….... peace and light…..b

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