Lugh Among the People

Lughnasadh

Lugh among the people.

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Deliberate, in measured steps,

approaching the great circle

leading the people to pray, with the sound of brass trumpets;

Priest or Poet, calling us each to his own, filling our hearts

with the beat of a bodhrán and the sound of the pipes made of thorn

I am the dancer, lost in the rhythm of nature, dancing on the edge

of the world, swinging out over chasms of infinity

lit only by the icecold stars.

Singing a song I heard somewhere

mourning the loss of a woman

of infinite love. I am the Creator of words.

I am the Fiddler. I am the moment when Summer ends,

yet still the sun beats down and the Earth yields.

I am the paradox, of Autumn beginning.

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