the Nest's card for the day of 28 December

A Whale of a Tale
by Wild Dove

I will accompany you, said The Whale
Ocean memories will surround us both
Rain will be falling all around
Submerging sand beneath shifting mounds
Of ancient knowing
A Dancing is happening underneath the ocean ground.
Beyond Her shore, beneath Her floor,
Shoring, storing, playing tales of ancient lore.
Universal energies, so subtle, yet delightfully torn from the skin of Hermes' youth
Setting our sails to adulthood, full-blown, they may never clear the raging bow.
Leading our ships through murky waters warring on below
Winds of Change never caught by storm
Anxiety-torn fears from our human brothers
Must die sooner or later,
For we all are waiting and long to be re-born.
Return to My womb, human child, said Orca's daughter
You have been forewarned.
A new birth is dawning inside me, your cause adorned,
Considered worthy by all the elders
You shall have a new beginning
An endangered species no more.
The selchie, the sea lion, the otter, the seal, the salmon and the crow
The raven and the whale
All will return to me under a new guise, a new cloak worn with wonder
New stories will emerge from down under,
From Australia and New Zealand
From Vancouver Island to New Brunswick
From New England to The Pacific
The Mayan, The M'iq M'aq , The Makah, the Mackinaw and many others:
Through them The Whale Lore is re-surging
Merging the old with the new.
You will be filled with new songs
That resound like thunder
Victorious and triumphant
To conquer, not to plunder
The Heart of Hope anew is
Proudly seen from the balconies above.
The celestial chorus from The Hidden Choir is singing as before,
Sweetened sounds swelling on uplifting strains
The remains of A Whale of a Tale from an Ocean so blue
Refrains of love, rainments so pure,
Clearly billowing white, yet filled with rainbow light
Only Lovers of Truth, such as you and I can see
How sweetly they dwell within the boundless sky.
Only Lovers of Truth, such as you and I
Can survive The View.
Aho!