Poem: "Scales"

[ysabetwordsmith]

This poem came from the August 2-3 2011 Poetry Fishbowl.  It was inspired by prompts from siliconshaman and my_partner_doug.  It was sponsored by laffingkat.

Scales

The Lightbringer's job
was to carry the morning star,
lambent candle against the fading night.
Illumination was always his business.

When a scapegoat was needed

Comments

[siliconshaman]

I rather like this one indeed..

Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I'm happy to hear this.

[kitrona]

I LOVE this one. In an interesting coincidence, I was just discussing this subject with my older son, about how those who tell inconvenient truths are labeled liars and demonized.

This is a very Loki poem, with the balance, and the light perverted into being evil, and even the snake symbolism. I really really like all the parallels. Thank you for writing this.

Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

>>In an interesting coincidence, I was just discussing this subject with my older son, about how those who tell inconvenient truths are labeled liars and demonized.<<

Too true.

>>This is a very Loki poem, with the balance, and the light perverted into being evil, and even the snake symbolism. I really really like all the parallels.<<

Yes, that too. Norse tradition is a perfect example of why it's a bad idea to alienate your Trickster. Destabilizes the whole cosmology.

Re: Thank you!

[kitrona]

Exactly... and some parts of the Norse pantheon aren't too stable to begin with. But a little chaos is good... that's how change happens, and if you don't change, you stagnate.

Yes...

[ysabetwordsmith]

Some stories are merely true. Some stories are more than true. Myths are among the latter.

*chuckle* I went to Sunday school, very briefly, when I was little. What I learned were a lot more reasons why I am not a Christian.