GrandMother Toad
Grandmother Toad dove through the waters. She dove through the blue waters and the purple waters and into the black waters, where the noise of fish tails was little heard.
She dove deeper, into the black silence of the sea. It was cold. Her legs began to hurt, front legs and back. The water was heavy all around her.
She did not see the Bottom, for there was no light. She swam right into it, mouth and nostrils filling with its grainy coldness. She scooped it up into her mouth, almost choking. She filled her mouth with grains of the Bottom.
Up she began to swim, kicking her tired legs, paddling and pushing. The Bottom was heavy in her mouth, and cold. The water stayed black for a very long time. Grandmother Toad feared she would never see the infinite blue again. Then, slowly, the water began to lighten, from black to dark purple to lighter purple, to dark blue and finally to the lighter blue of the surface. Her head topped the waves and air touched her warty skin. She spat the Bottom out of her mouth, vomited it onto Great Turtle's back.
The Bottom sat on Great Turtle's back ...
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GrandMother Toad is the Old One, born of Dragon's waters, on Turtle's back ...
human-kind are but tadpoles in Their ancient songline, yet to acquire and demonstrate the wisdom of Her nurturing,
knowing ..
Comment #1 Posted by: Millennium | May 24, 2008 11:56 AM