From where the land
beneath the circling Sun God
rises
we see at
day the circle of The God of Air
In anger clouds
race round the sky where at the fall of night
a force of light more dark than day sets The Sun to
rest
And in His measurement the God of Stars communes
to share his vastness with the varied Moon
She circles our watching heads changing Her position with the seasons
sometimes close and round as The Sun in the day
sometimes pared away and distant sometimes gone
These Gods - more steadfast and more powerful than we
-
send fatted grain to swell the husk of spelt
At the closest brightness of The Moon -
and in The Light of Sun - we harvest
Each season follows on as Gods decree they should
But when the God of Air is angry in His circling
clouds send no rain and crops dry up and wither in The
Sun
or too much rain - they rot along the stalk - and
grain can never ripen
In the best of harvests when spelt is brimming in the store
we climb the hill and raise our thanks to meet The
Gods
giving generously of grain They gave to let us eat
And in the desperate times
when grain is poor and full of mould
we give the best to Them to strike a bargain for the
years to come
and sadly we wait out the cold of winter
This rising of the land is not enough to keep us close
Along the plain
just where that rock juts forth
we plan to build a hill much higher
Its circling will be an echo of the seasons
Our tools - as good as any tools The Gods allow us -
continue striking every hour that we can see
We prepare the steps in circle upon circle to the top
As our lives and seasons change and fade away
we'll carry
clay and stone to raise our offerings much closer
A centre mound of clay above the steps of rock will
form a circle
Around this circle
in a circle we will place the
blocks of chalk
Along a ramp and rising we will raise the blocks to meet The Gods
Each season
higher than the last we'll please
The Gods with offerings
Feasting on the flattened summit
we'll celebrate
the Goddess of the Earth
The Sun God and The Goddess of The Moon
The Gods of Sky and Air The Goddess of The Water
On Their alter made of clay beneath the arch of
circled boughs
we'll place our
offerings of gratitude for harvest
call our invocations to The Gods wherever they may be
around us
celebrate the harvest and the circling of time
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