The Beaver Moon and the Dragon
The Beaver Moon
Comes in November
And this year
It turns red
November 8th
A day of change
Let it be for regeneration
For life creating life
For water flowing
For family and home
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The Beaver Moon
Comes in November
And this year
A dragon
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The wisemen and womyn watched the moons
And one approached the king
They said
O King, I have a dragon
Dark red.
And greater than the tallest mountain
If you do not bless my people
Who suffer in great woe
She will cover the moon in her fullness
The king heeded not the wise
And let their people go - on and on in suffering
The wise returned and said
My dragon loves these people
And knows that even you
love the moon
when great and white
She opens the darkness
And makes space
for feast
and dance
If you want joy at your feast
and peace
If you want my dragon
to let your glowing lady be
Give aid and succor to my people, o king!
Create peace and rise to their hopes!
The king listened for a moment
And thought of the pressing tasks at hand
He heard the cry and ignored it
And turned his back on the wise
The wise, when the time came
Turned and gathered and planned
With drum and horn they traveled down
To the castle to join the feast
As the hour approached
After Sun had set
And moon had risen high
They staged their instruments and bided their time
and then,
with crow signals
Took their places around the feast
Ba d’um
Ba dum
Ba dum
Ba dum
The party started with music and dancing
The king and the queen processed
The crowd sat and drank and feasted and then
merriment happened and then
The people afar still were suffering
The people afar still starved
The wise waited and sent thoughts to their dragon
The wise waited and watched
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Badumbadumbadum
Boom!
Badum badum
Boom!!
The people were shocked and the night grew dark the fire light was barely enough
They looked and noticed the moon was missing or something was turning it red
The wise stood and pounding their drum they blared upon their horns
From every direction the people they heard them from every direction they screamed
The King and the Queen took a hand and looked out and up at the sky
The queen and the king took deep breaths and asked theirselves why
Why was the lady covered in red?
Why was the lady in darkness?
The king and the queen locked eyes and then
The king looked away