Saturday, May 06, 2006

A Nude Swim

©2006- Cerro Engelai

Three years ago a good friend of mine was very sick. On that cold morning I decided to "sacrifice myself". To appease the malevolent spirit I plunged into the frigid water of Canada's Northwest Coast.

Pantheistic and sacred
ancient and primitive
offerings of living things
self sacrifice of the great spirit

O Great Spirit of the Cold
presever of the living and the dead
keeping the alive afresh,
and the dead from going bad

O Great Spirit of the Water
giver of all lives and desires
mightier than the mighty fire,
May you keep us young forever!

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