Drumbeat of Sorrow

On 09/22/201612/23/2018 By mother wintermoonIn falling word fragments, unchained verse

In loving memory of Cecil the magnificent lion and Harambe, the rare and majestic silverback gorilla, whose lives were ended by humans.

mankind, I shall see you again
standing at the entrance to the
Rainbow Bridge
waiting for direction
feet traversing stepping stones
on a new horizon
where Spirit will awaken
the drumbeat of sorrow
at what you have wrought
tears shall overflow your eyes
as you behold our magnificence
your soul will tremble
with the cadence of pain
as you gaze upon the Medicine Wheel
you have desecrated
and the feather of the Great Spirit
you have so carelessly trampled ~
here, within the Sacred Hoop
we are your teachers
we are your healers
we are the stewards of your fate

© Mother Wintermoon 2016

Cheers to Open Link Night at dVerse with bard Bjorn.

45 thoughts on “Drumbeat of Sorrow”

Kunal Thakore

Beautiful, heartfelt and moving. We just don’t learn, do we?

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09/26/2016 at 09201620169 p04pm45+00:00 Reply
1. mother wintermoon
  
  Thanks much Kunal. It’s a sad state of affairs. Humans are a destructive force. Peace be with you, “mum”
  
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  1. Kunal Thakore
    
    😊
    
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Eddie Two Hawks

“we are your teachers and healers”
Thoughtful words from the heart with deep consideration given to all life

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09/26/2016 at 09201620169 p11am59+00:00 Reply
7128788elf

Hi Mother Wintermoon, what a wonderful return to your blog, One can’t help feel for nature and all the animals slowly slipping from our psych, as we strip their habitat, and poison the earth that they share with us, it is enough to cause a mental breakdown, so I am pleased that I wrote last nights poem and am privileged to have read this wonderful poem, with all the symbols worked so effortlessly into the text, I’m sure Jung would have been very proud of this piece,
and I even though not really a Jungian love it. Best wishes and blessings, Charles.

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09/24/2016 at 09201620169 p08pm36+00:00 Reply
1. mother wintermoon
  
  So true, it is a depressing state of affairs. Such senseless destruction. Oh what man hath wrought. Thanks much for your comment and feedback my friend. I love your writing… Always look forward to more. Blessings upon you, MW
  
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  1. 7128788elf
    
    The feeling is mutual, I so loved your two new posts, enjoy your creative journey through your creative wilderness. 🙂 Charles.
    
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    09/24/2016 at 09201620169 p10pm03+00:00 Reply
    1. mother wintermoon
      
      😊 Hope you’re having a relaxing and enjoyable weekend!
      
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      1. 7128788elf
        
        🙂
        
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dornahainds

Such an exquisite, phenomenal truth!

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09/24/2016 at 09201620169 p07pm58+00:00 Reply
1. mother wintermoon
  
  Thanks ever so much sweet Dorna.❤️
  
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freyathewriter

We humans wreak havoc, and have the touch of poison. You expressed this so well.

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09/24/2016 at 09201620169 p04pm19+00:00 Reply
1. mother wintermoon
  
  The touch of poison… Yes. What an apt and poignant turn of phrase. We are the arsenic in the tea. Over millennia of evolution we have yet to evolve beyond the poison in our touch. Thanks much for your feedback Freya. x
  
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  1. freyathewriter
    
    And thank you for your poem!
    
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    1. mother wintermoon
      
      ❤
      
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      09/27/2016 at 09201620169 p05pm51+00:00 Reply
Sue Dreamwalker

Heartfelt dear MW… It seems everything we Humans touch we seem to destroy it..
My heart also beats in sorrow to such happenings all over the world. ❤

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09/24/2016 at 09201620169 p03pm28+00:00 Reply
1. mother wintermoon
  
  I grieve over the state of our world and wonder what will become of us. Humans seem hell bent on destruction. Thank you for being here sweet Sue. xo
  
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  1. Sue Dreamwalker
    
    Yes MW, my heart aches so bad at times which is why I take solace within the heartbeat of my garden.. xxx
    
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    1. mother wintermoon
      
      Heartbeat of your garden…what an apt and glorious description. I enjoy hermitage among the plants and trees. xoxo
      
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        🙂 ❤ ❤
        
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mother wintermoon

I salute your presence. Thanks so much for being here. _/|\_

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09/24/2016 at 09201620169 p03pm37+00:00 Reply
Mish

We have definitely failed to cherish and protect these gifts of nature that we have been given and your poem gives us a unique perspective. I have much respect for the references you’ve made to the Medicine Wheel and the Great Spirit.

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09/24/2016 at 09201620169 p04am09+00:00 Reply
1. mother wintermoon
  
  We have failed miserably at stewardship I’m afraid, choosing the path of destruction instead. Many thanks for your feedback Mish. x
  
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kanzensakura

Thank you for this sad and beautiful eulogy to being lost too soon to greed.

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09/23/2016 at 09201620169 p05pm07+00:00 Reply
1. mother wintermoon
  
  Thank you for reading and commenting. ❤️
  
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  09/24/2016 at 09201620169 p12am13+00:00 Reply
omegakat

As the old song says: when will we ever learn?
Beautiful poem but sad too.

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09/23/2016 at 09201620169 p05pm04+00:00 Reply
1. mother wintermoon
  
  So true, that song. Doesn’t seem like we ever do. We’re not progressing, we’re regressing. Thank you for commenting. x
  
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  1. omegakat
    
    You’re welcome … I enjoy your writing.
    
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    1. mother wintermoon
      
      So nice of you to say x❤️O
      
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LZ

I know I am so wrong in the head, but I have to tell you what I see here:

“mankind, I shall see you again
standing at the entrance to the[e]”

I hear the animal as the speaker, talking to the human about standing at his “entrance” (which to me, might be his hiney … but it could be his mouth) … either way, I see this as a version of ripping someone “a new one,” so to speak. 🙂 The lion or the gorilla opening a new hole in the man, or mankind, as it were.

I know. I’m a little bit cray-cray. 😉

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09/23/2016 at 09201620169 p03pm20+00:00 Reply
1. mother wintermoon
  
  😄 ha! Thank you for the visual and the comment. 😊
  
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insearchofitall

What a lovely poem to honor two glorious souls that gave their lives to bring our attention to something so vital. It’s so easy to pass by when animals are killed. These fellas brought significant attention to some horrific behavior on our part.

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09/23/2016 at 09201620169 p02pm16+00:00 Reply
1. mother wintermoon
  
  Thanks so much for your input and feedback. Sigh. It’s so hard to have faith in humankind… we have the lost the kind and humane part. x
  
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Susan Anderson

Such a sad situation, and I wish I were more certain it could all be repaired.

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09/23/2016 at 09201620169 p07am19+00:00 Reply
Björn Rudberg (brudberg)

Yes so sad, I wonder how we come to unlearn things we knew. I think it has to do with supremacy – to animals and to other humans,

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09/23/2016 at 09201620169 p04am35+00:00 Reply
1. mother wintermoon
  
  True. It’s about power and control and the human sense of entitlement. Thanks for your comment Bjorn.
  
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thotpurge

Sadly we are a greedy, destructive species… lovely poem.

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09/23/2016 at 09201620169 p02am34+00:00 Reply
1. mother wintermoon
  
  Ain’t that the truth! Thank you for your comment.
  
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Victoria C. Slotto

Beautiful interweaving of the Medicine Wheel with the tragic loss of magnificent animals that shouldn’t have died as they did, so soon.

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09/23/2016 at 09201620169 p12am28+00:00 Reply
Mark Lanesbury

It is a loss felt very deeply…simply because we are destroying ourselves in the process.
A strong drumbeat MW, thank you for sharing.

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09/23/2016 at 09201620169 p12am25+00:00 Reply
1. mother wintermoon
  
  So sad and so true. We destroy ourselves in the process. Many thanks Mark. (((Hug)))
  
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Grace

A lovely share wintermoon. I hope we learn before its too late. I have watched all of nature documentaries and I really find it sad that we are driving them away to extinction.

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09/23/2016 at 09201620169 p12am31+00:00 Reply
1. mother wintermoon
  
  I hope so too, but its hard to sustain hope. The news pretty much obliterates it. Thanks so much for your input Grace. xo
  
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mother wintermoon

Thank you for reading and commenting Brian. Blessings, MW

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09/22/2016 at 09201620169 p11pm16+00:00 Reply
Brian

Thank you posting your eulogy.

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