Goddesses, Gods, and Humans

The Celtic Goddess of Spring, dawn and fertility

Brigid was also a goddess of birth, protection

Agriculture, music, and art

Viewed at times as a fighter or a flame

Different cultures, different meanings

Maybe a triple goddess or

Just one single goddess

Myths, creeds, and folklore abound

Who are our goddesses and gods

And are we included in the list?

A goddess protects the land, the skies, and the seas

A goddess treats the sick, heals and comforts the wounded

A goddess brings forth life (and maybe even death?)

She is all knowing, all seeing, all giving

Divine

Sounds like the God that I grew up with

In a church, omnipresent

Lord of all the heavens, the

Earth, the waters and the air

Lord of people and animals

Rocks and minerals

God bless the little children

Surely a god or goddess is

Androgynous or a

Metaphorical hermaphrodite?

Transgender, at least

Not a person at all

So no gender needed

What do I know, wondering and

Wandering while I write?

Do humans need

Something or someone to worship?

Or do we just need

Beautiful and inspiring stories

About heroines and heroes?

Is it human to need to believe

That someone, some entity somewhere

Is looking down on us, or up at us

Watching what happens to us

Comforting us when we need it

And sparking us to move forward

When the world needs us?

Some deities are animals, trees, plants, or ideas

I worship the jaguar, the hawk and the goose

Along with the elephant and the snake

Trees are celestial beings as are

The rose and so many other flowers

Some worship objects or Jesus or Mary

A well, a mountain, or a seed

A medicine or a shaman

Or the magic dollar, power, or fame

The patriarchy

If we don’t worship and pray to a deity

Then what would we worship

Pray to, get mad at, and seek to know?

If our lives are not going our way

Who do we look toward to help us?

Surely we have found out that other

Human beings may act like saviors for

Awhile, but ultimately they, too (we, too)

Let us (each other) down

Just by being human

Some goddess or god must

Have made them (and us) that way

The Muse is speaking

I am listening

I channel her words

With my hand above

The keyboard

Is She my goddess?

The Great Mysteries remain

Let’s keep asking

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