Scene 188: Fear

Everything was made by Nyambi;

man was made by Nyambi;

And man drove off Nyambi

Nyambi lived

and man copied

Nyambi worked wood

and so did man

Nyambi fired iron

and so did man

Nyambi was powerful

and so became man

Fear and

blood

on the hands of man

and the dye

separated the two

and man was dropped

outside of his mirror

but the reflection came back

and man

he gardened,

under Nyambi's eye

repenting

dyeing his hands with green instead

dyeing with colors

dyeing with life

but red dye

always comes back

Nyambi fled

he spanned oceans

and man did too

he climbed mountains

and man did too

Nyambi fled

and man followed

Escape

was given in the form of a spider

the creature spun a heavenly ladder

and Nyambi climbed

but fear consumed

and spider's eyes rolled on the floor

so man could never find Nyambi

This was an assignment for class... Write a poem based on a myth. I chose an African myth of the Lozi people.... It's so interesting how creation myths differ across continents...

In African myths, it's not uncommon for the gods to be driven away.

Interesting.