Sitting quietly on my morning meditation chair
My mind stubbornly plays one of its many tricks
Wandering freely among the voices of the wind
The snapping and crackling on our wooden house
And listening to the voice on our zoom meditation
The time says we are deep into the springtime
But Khiona has once proven not to be different
From our own Amadioha and his brother Shango
Who are not respecters of neither time nor season
Tshiuetin has once visited our village with his force
And Khiona on her wings vested on a drowsy white
A spring morning it ought to have been or so I thought
But absent are the birds that our courtyard, pay morn visit
Their shrinking dirge that piteously wails the dying winter
Has been quieted by this goddess riding at the Tshiuetin’s back
And the long-quarantined humans are inside biting their nails
And wondering if they are dreaming or having some spring crisis
Zut! come back to the house you, wandering spirit
Return to your virus-imposed morn meditation routine
Take time to concentrate on the voice of your virtual guide
Enjoy your cherished newly discovered virtual spiritual exercises
And allow the Mother Earth to speak to us humans on her Day
Together with the crowned virus they remind us of our real place
Copyright: Alisonomi2020, Earth Day 2020
Notes
Khiona : The Greek goddess of snow, daughter of Boreas, god of the North Wind and Winter, and sister of Zethes and Calais. She is depicted as a goddess in the series, although in some myths she is visualized as a snow nymph.
Amadioha : He is the God of thunder and lightning in Igbo mythology. Among all his attributes are the role of assuring that justice is rendered in the society as well as being the God of love peace and unity. These and many other reasons make him to occupy an important role in the pantheon of Igbo Gods.
Shango : He is the Yoruba God of thunder and lightning. Living in the sky he hurls thunderstones to earth, killing those who offend him or setting their houses afire.
