Poem by David Molina

ANCIENT HISTORY

From this lecture I’ve learned about the existence of an ancient humanity whose beings lived in liberty. Their religions’ world of prestige was filled with love, passion. They treated themselves according to their concepts of life. For them, the universe was to pray and surrender to divine gods. They played music with ancient instruments to honor them. Their knowledge was translated into other languages. They hunted to get food and clothing, drank water from lakes, carried their water by horse and camel. Their wood was sacred: the thrones of their kings, kindling to light the fires that illuminated their gods. They completed the heavens, stars and moon. From the summit, after their worship, they waited for enlightenment from the gods—their future and their past written in their path. There was no “mine” or “yours,” only community. The norm was peace, not war.

David Molina (Translated by Rufino Colón)