among strange gods

who knows
   the sounds of the
gods?

is there more
   than
one?

less eternal,
   perhaps, than
earth, wind &
   fire––

the gods
   pass into
mysterious
   time.

how can we
   honor only
one, when so
   much is
unknown?

ancient sounds
   summon our
ancestors who can
   not exist
without old
   gods.

our ancestors
   know what they
believe and wouldn’t
   have it any other
way.

time passes, but
   never completely
      disappears.