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Mar 13, 2023Liked by Chevanne Scordinsky

this is a myth i wrote for my city san antonio and the springs that gave birth to it since there are no myths that still exist from those anciet times

a myth for our time

before the spanish marched in

straggled in more likely thirsty and dusty

before the payaya 500 strong showed up

oh lord this enchanted spring

long before any human being dwelt here

around the mouth of god the womb of mother nature

the cradle of humanity the water nymphs the frogs and the

tall cypress resided here occasionally visited by

the mastodons a saber toothed tiger or two and the snake people

oclonoclith and sawana tati

also known as brother tree and sister brook

tended the garden

they have always been here

it was their voice calling back and forth

‘oah tak a nea’ ‘oah tah nea kah’

‘where are you?’ ‘i am here’

that sounded in the water in

the splashing on the rocks in the

call of the ducks coming down

thru the trees in the silence

at twilight when everything changes

when the first people

stood here at the edge of this pool

and saw these things

10,000 years ago

they saw more than we see now

they felt more than we feel now

they knew more than we know now

but they could not imagine us

heaven is forever and stories are about the past

we can imagine them though

look back and make a myth

train your tired eyes to see

train your weary heart to feel

find your inner voice and listen

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Mar 13, 2023Liked by Chevanne Scordinsky

Are you worldbuilding for a new story? I loved the myth! The writing is so good and you managed to create the myth in such a short story. It’s beautiful 💖

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This is a beautiful myth. Love the way the story developed.

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