The Ancient Ones - Patricia Reis

[Larry Robinson]

The Ancient Ones


>From the beginning

We have been with you.

We are the Ancient Ones

And we remember.

We remember the time when there was only love,

The time when all breathing was one. 


We remember the seed of your being 


Planted in the belly of the vast black night. 


We remember the red cave of deep slumber, 


The time of forgetting, 


The sound of your breath, 


The pulse of your heart. 


We remember the force of your longing for life,


The cries of your birth 


Bringing you forth.

We are the Ancient Ones 

And we have waited 
and watched.
You say that you cannot remember that time


That you have no memory of us. 


You say that you cannot hear our voices 


That our touch no longer moves you. 


You say there can be no return 


That something has been lost, 


That there is only 
silence.

We say the time of waiting is over. 


We say the silence has been broken. 


We say there can be no forgetting now. 


We say, 
Listen.

We are the bones of your grandmother's grandmothers. 


We have returned now, 


We say you cannot forget us now, 


We say we are with you

And you are us. 


Remember,

Remember.

               - Patricia Reis