{"id":3279,"date":"2010-03-01T01:10:13","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T06:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=3338"},"modified":"2010-02-22T18:20:17","modified_gmt":"2010-02-22T23:20:17","slug":"tales-from-the-dark-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2010\/03\/01\/tales-from-the-dark-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Tales from the Dark Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So here I have traveled<br \/>\nWhere wisdom fills the air<br \/>\nA Shadow in the darkness<br \/>\nI struggle to hear<br \/>\n&#8220;Tales from the Dark Moon&#8221;<br \/>\nShe whispers of &#8220;Old Black Bear&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Wandering woods<br \/>\nThistle and blade<br \/>\nFlower and candles<br \/>\nSomethings gone astray<\/p>\n<p>Fortnight, and a million years<br \/>\nStars shown brightly, without fear<br \/>\nThey shined on and on<br \/>\nSo without scars<br \/>\nUntil on night Black Bear<br \/>\nFound Rage in a jar<\/p>\n<p>So the stars climbed higher and higher<br \/>\nAs so did desire<br \/>\nBecoming smaller and smaller<br \/>\nInto emptiness and sadness<br \/>\nNothingness transpired<\/p>\n<p>Beware of what hides<br \/>\nUnder hills<br \/>\nAnd in jars<br \/>\nIn your heart<br \/>\nIn the closet<br \/>\nNear or far<\/p>\n<p>Black Bear found a way<br \/>\nForgiveness of oneself<br \/>\nReleases the Rage<\/p>\n<p>The Old Black Bear<br \/>\nBecame a petal in the sun<br \/>\nShed her anger, shed her blood<br \/>\nBut it could not be undone<\/p>\n<p>This tale<br \/>\nLives in us all<br \/>\nShe spoke softly and said<br \/>\n&#8220;Here comes the darkness&#8221;<br \/>\nGathering threads<br \/>\nOf the last shawl<\/p>\n<p>My journey has ended<br \/>\nAnd soon it will be<br \/>\nTales from the Dark Moon<br \/>\nI will say when you come to me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So here I have traveled Where wisdom fills the air A Shadow in the darkness I struggle to hear &#8220;Tales from the Dark Moon&#8221; She whispers of &#8220;Old Black Bear&#8221; Wandering woods Thistle and blade Flower and candles Somethings gone astray Fortnight, and a million years Stars shown brightly, without fear They shined on and on So without scars Until on night Black Bear Found Rage in a jar So the stars climbed higher and higher As so did desire Becoming smaller and smaller Into emptiness and sadness Nothingness transpired Beware of what hides Under hills And in jars In your heart In the closet Near or far Black Bear found a way Forgiveness of oneself Releases the Rage The Old Black Bear Became a petal in the sun Shed her anger, shed her blood But it could not be undone This tale Lives in us all She spoke softly and said &#8220;Here comes the darkness&#8221; Gathering threads Of the last shawl My journey has ended And soon it will be Tales from the Dark Moon I will say when you come to me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3279\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}