ACCOUNT OF MY DAYS
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THE GODS
when the gods remember
they are gods
they are
gods
being of that removed company
whose life and joy
are one thing
every step each gesture
is motion in a pure state
energy without confusion
one of them
hearing his own voice
hears all language
everything that can be said
speech speaking
but when one
must be a storm
or earthquake
justice or comfort
he is only that
not a god
mere fire
passed between
earth and heaven
or lost
in the oblivion
of a seed forgetting itself
in being itself
no recollection
of the assembly the wide halls
light joined to
fierce pleasure
divinity
so how do they
come to themselves again
become a god once more?
and what do they recall
of how they forgot?