Her parents called it occult,
or a less forgivable act of knowing
before faith, without the blind not-quite-trust
herds have, more obstinacy that thinks
it is led by unseesn shepherdy
to where it wants to go,
but she sees sheeple, not sheep,
shuffles, and laughs. We are past
the time of burning uncomfortable women
who see past peacock fanning and ram posturing
to little boys, heads down, redfaced,
hiding stolen cookies behind backs–
that’s the problem with witches,
the way they point to the secret
wrapped inside what we want the world to see.
Susan Daniels Poetry 
just the best lines ever written about witches, those last three!
Yes–burn them all, those wise women who tell it like it is!
“that’s the problem with witches,the way they point to the real wrapped inside what we want them to see.”
Oh, Susan. You just pointed out the problem with POETS (and other disparaged thinkers, writers and truth-tellers such as artists and musicians), not WITCHES. Is it any wonder that arts and music are deleted from school curriculum? We’d have too high a firewood budget burning everyone up later.
Sorry to co-op your comment zone for the podium chant (but I won’t change my behavior).
Keep writing, you witch.;-)
Alice
Alice–I love you! You so get this, and yes, I guess we had better burn the damned poets too. Everyone is welcome to bring a soapbox to my comments–I love that about this community, and any time you want to share an opinion here, please, please, pretty please do!
Susan. Thanks for being okay with my words. I start out to say “good post” and then go tearing off on something it made me think of. I enjoy your work. It gives me lots to think of. Alice
Likewise, Alice.
the time for burning women
is still upon us
it just takes a different guise
like the west
blathering
on
about human rights violations in other countries
(the countries they send their dissidents to be tortured)
when at home the violations
are subtle
and cause self-death
rather than something
as obvious as hanging or starvation
the woman will always be burnt
it looks like
thanks
Oh, wow, this is strong, and true.
Masterfully crafted intricacies – the words and the ideas. Bravo.
Paul, thank you!
Brilliant – as someone with tarot cards everywhre around my house, I applaud your deep insight!!! 🙂
Ah, you too! I stopped reading them about 18 years ago, but am tempted to get another pack and start again.
Apart from anything else they are also usually very beautiful…I do read the cards, but i also just collect them for the different artistic renderings. I love the imagery and the richness of the archetypes used. 🙂
Yes–some are stunningly beautiful.
‘sheeple’…. Susan, I love your brilliant mind.
Aw, thanks, Miriam. Actually, a blogging friend on here uses “sheeple” a lot, so I borrowed that little bit of brilliance 😉
I am not fireproof, but I am really good at hiding, and NOT under the bed, geesh, that’s the FIRST place someone will look. Really enjoyed this post Susan, even if I am not exactly a Baptist girl … ok not even close. Keep it real!
Purple, thank you! Loved your comment.
awesome, Susan. & I love, love, love the title!
Thanks, Stacy! I think the title is the best thing about this, myself 😉
Fear of the unknown. Fear of those who seem to know what we do not. So we reject them AND their knowledge. Guilt by utter association. I fear you, I reject you, and I reject any aspect of truth in what you know, because I am afraid to be less than you. Afraid to be weak and needy. Do you remember when Gore suppposedly “lost” the election? My conviction was that he would lose the votes of most Americans because he was too obviously intelligent. And people fear intelligence.
Oh, yes, George, I remember that Bush/Gore Florida idiocy too well. Sigh. I wonder where we would be now if… No, no need to go there now, is there. Thanks for your comment–it is rich and thought-provoking.
If only we were past it, sigh. So much misinformation, so much persecution in the past, dribbled into the present. While my ancestor wasn’t a witch, she lost her life to the accusation.
Humans have a way of taking those who affirm life and a connection to the earth and warp it into something ugly to denounce as sinister, when what is such is those who do the condemning.
Nelle, all I can do is agree.