David Hyatt-Bickle Poet Musaddas

The Wayfarer and the Thirteen Kingdoms Part 2

The seventh kingdom sings that he was a drop of gold 
Who fell from the sky of golden sunlight to earth so cold 
Dragons brought that drop to their caves thousands of years old 
It grew into a gold child who shone for all to behold 
A white dove baptised him, and brought him back to the blue 
He received the glory of heaven’s sunlight as he flew 

The eighth kingdom proclaims that a cloud wrapped round a rock 
A young man broke out of the rock with white flames that could talk 
He held a dagger and torch as doves came as a flock 
The doves from the cloud cared for him as he began to walk 
He received glory and power as candles were lit 
Lit by man celebrating that the ancient rock was split 

The ninth kingdom sings that from the nine muses, one left 
She flew to a high mountain to think about the bereft 
She desired her body whom none can take by theft 
As a lone virgin, she birthed a son whom the angels blessed 
Every angel sang hymns to nourish him with glory 
And went to the waters to save men from purgatory 

The tenth kingdom sings that the son came from the sun god 
Who loved a white cloud and dropped a pearly tear as a prod 
The cloud opened and gave a child, and the sun did laud 
And the child received glory. This is what they all applaud 
And the kingdom sings that the child fell as pouring rain 
To the waters of the earth to ease humanity’s pain

The eleventh says that he was born with vile power 
Born from a father who desired his precious flower 
The plant opened its petals and became a vower 
It vowed to take its sole offspring to a tomb to cower 
An angel dressed in white roses came and cared for him 
And through the angel, he came to a lake filled to the brim 

The twelfth kingdom sings that he came from the moon and sun 
He was cared for and nourished in the heights as a loved one 
He was bathed in power and bright glory as the son 
He soon rained down into sparkling waters as should be done 
But in the shimmering truth, he was above those two 
Who came to save pearls, using the shining boats to get through

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