A Doorway of Perception
by Lloyd Michael Lohr
I would rather stand with the Aboriginal Holy man,
and his 40,000 years of ancestral wisdom and folklore,
than walk beside the scientist with his mechanisms of modernity,
for he is the one who goes blindly into the Dreamtime,
not understanding,
and the serpent wind howls at his folly,
for a whisper that rides the verve of dream,
gains strength with every passing moment.
© 1999 Lloyd Michael Lohr
Lloyd Michael Lohr has published well over 200 short stories and poems. His
writings have been published in 23 countries and translated into 17
languages, including Welsh, Chinese, Romanian, Croat, Malay and Tamil.
He is a member of Chiaroscuro, the Horror Writers Association, the Academy
of American Poets, Science Fiction South Africa, the British Science
Fiction Association, the Science Fiction Club Deutschland, the Mythopoeic
Society and the Dalriada Celtic Heritage Trust, and is also a sponsoring
member of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies.
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