The Four Seasons Chapter Fourteen ~ The Great North Wind Confronts the Great East Wind

The Grace of Autumn, with her brothers the Great South Wind and the Great West Wind

An Excerpt
From The Four Seasons ~ Parts II-III-IV

II

East recoiled, seething.

How dare my brother North

rebuke me.

I am the EAST Wind!

I go where I please

I do what I will

I do not even know the

confines of the cycles

that rule and dictate

my stupid sisters!

How dare he threaten me!

Who does he think he is?

Does he think that because he comes

from the north that such a position

gives him authority?

And how dare he speak to me

in front of Autumn and Winter,

belittling me.

I will have him!

I will have him and my brothers

West and South too,

the weaklings that they are!

I, the great East Wind, can take on

all three lesser winds

They do as I the Great East Wind says

They go where I dictate!

They occupy the lands and seas and skies

only after I have vacated!

And what stupidity with Autumn!

What prattle about having thought

for people, lands, and seasons?!

The stupid girl!

I defy her

and I will blow

such a tempestuous wave upon her

I will incestuously deal with her,

rape her and leave her naked!

I will blast the countryside.

I will seek out every nook and cranny

And snatch the hearts and glimmers

of light from every cowering mortal.

III

And so arrogant East

summoned Oyandone

the mighty Moose

Guardian of the Eastern Sky

The Great East Wind

Come Oyandone

We have work to do

Destruction to wreak

Vengeance to seek

and you will do my work

and you will trample.

You will squeeze the very life

out of whoever and whatever

lies in your path.

You will use your mighty horns.

There will be no mercy.

Do you hear me?

Oyandone stamped his hoof

and roared into the air,

but felt disquiet too that

he might incur the wrath

of Gaoh,

Mighty Master of the Wind

Winter, seated upon the glacier,

peered across the mighty ocean.

My brother East

I sense you are disquieted?

Be silent sister…

Do not tell me to be silent

you impudent sibling!

You are but my breath

My thought

My desire.

I will freeze you if you dare to defy me.

The roar of Oyandone filled the heavens

swirling the air into a cavorting typhoon.

Brother!

I demand that you hold back

and leave your revenge to me.

I am your elder sister

I am your life

I begat you

You did not beget me!

Now stand aside

And I will deal with our brother

North

East unleashed a sheen of icy wind

that took even Winter’s breath away

Loosing her grip from the ice she had formed,

sending her crashing down the glacier

creating a deadly Tsunami

that would have landfall across the sea

A hundred leagues away.

For good measure he slapped

his sister hard across the face

and tittered as he watched

a Liner roll up and over the gigantic

wave

Pause…

Slide down the other side

And then with a light flick of his young finger

on the stern,

Rolled the great Queen Mary over,

Sending her to oblivion within seconds

Survivors, none.

Winter smashed him back

full force

and took the charge of Oyandone's horns

driving her back...

Her feet missing landfall

Yaogah

The Great Bear

Guardian of the Northern Sky

bellowed forth and roared…

North looked up.

With lightning speed he moved against

the Great East Wind

thrusting his neck down

upon his brother East

striking him between the legs

as Yaogah crashed into him

and ripped off a part of him,

denuding him.

The East Wind fought back

with a power so strong

Yaogah was caught off guard,

And Oyandone buried his horns deep into his side.

North sluiced round

and thwacked Oyandone,

cracking off a great antler

and striking East in the face.

Blood ran

And down below

five thousand more

perished in the greatest storm

in living memory,

in an instant.

Nations recoiled

Lights burned into the night hours

in a dozen capitals,

Governments talking with each other,

mobilising forces

sending out distress columns,

unaware that the worst

was not yet even started.

South and West,

the warm-blooded brothers

playing happily in the sands of the Sahara,

looked up as the Fawn of South

and the Panther of West

started to run towards them

in haste and agitated.

South placed his hand upon

the feline’s muzzle,

caressing and staring into her eyes.

What is it my beauty?

Why are you shaking Naoga?

West ran his hand over his Panther’s sheen

and felt Dajoji trembling.

My brother something’s amiss

I fear there is battle again.

They glanced towards the Philippines... ... ...

South read the thoughts of Neoga,

as West continued to stroke and calm

Dajoji

Oh brother there is trouble indeed!

Our brother East has rebelled

and thrashed our sister Winter

and he has unleashed

the great Moose Oyandone

and already thousands have died!

And he has taken our beautiful sister Autumn

stripped her naked

and raped her.

The lands from the Steppes to the Pacific are laid waste

Look across at Washington my brother

It is bare

her garments cast aside and guttered.

Dajoji let out a mighty roar of indignation

And his master West held him in check.

Calm, calm my beauty, still yourself…

stroking the gorgeous Panther now shimmering

with an anger and a terror,

waiting to be unleashed.

Oh brother how could Gaoh

The Mighty Master of us all

permit this?

Do you realise what will happen?

My brother...

South replied

with fear as he stroked

the softness of Neoga...

it does not bear thinking about.

We must away now!

Confront him

Catch him and bring him to heel

Where is he my brother West?

Look! Across the hemisphere

He is fighting with North above

The Philippines!

With a great roar West unleashed Dajoji

racing alongside him.

As South removed the gentle leash from Neoga

and set her running in a wide vanguard

she galloped through the skies

bringing warmth

and sun to all the lands

and calming the oceans,

stopping even to gently nudge

stricken cities into sunlight.

Autumn lay bare,

seemingly lifeless,

and naked upon a rock

Ravaged in a way that Neoga had never seen before...

She licked her face with gentleness

and covered her with a summer mist

IV

The Grace of Summer

Summer came striding by, long-legged,

Beautiful, an Empress of the Skies…

in Royal Pageant and Splendour

a Regality that touched the very hearts

of all,

natural,

supernatural.

Fear not Neoga

My sister Autumn sleeps awhile

We will deal with this.

Cradling her face she whispered

Rest awhile and gather yourself

Your season is ended for now

Take solitude in your hibernation

Feel my warmth and tender caress

And know that Dajoji and Neoga and Yaogah

will guard your door until your safe return

Autumn stirred and caught a glimpse

of horrors untold

Come sister

Stop shaking

East will pay for this I swear.

For if Gaoh hears of this he will take

matters into his own hands.

And if that be the case

then all of us know full well

It will be the end

Autumn’s single tear ran down her soft cheek...

She could not speak

but lifted a fair hand

to stroke the side of Summer’s

long flowing garments

and cautiously smiled

as Neoga nuzzled her breast

catching a glimpse of Summer's long flowing train

across the Ocean.

Go!

commanded Summer.

Continuing her vanguard movement,

Naoga swept around from the lower earth

closing in upon the Philippines

and to her horror saw a battle

the like of which she had not seen in centuries

not since the Flood.

Her mighty brother North,

locked in combat with their brother East

both covered in blood,

North’s entrails hanging

And Oyandone’s throat held

in a vice like grip by Yaogah.

South drew up his loins to cut across

the flank

racing through his brother’s

arrogant east trade winds

tearing them asunder

and alas the ships and planes en route

for distant destinations.

As Neoga moved in on his vanguard

she brought warmth to benighted nations

He swirled above the wreckage of Mary

Shocked and dismayed by the utter destruction

and blew soflty on the flotsam of tenders

turning upright capsized boats there and here...

and doing that which he dreaded doing most of all... ...

Requesting Gaoh to assist him

But Gaoh, Mighty Master of the Winds

in a Universal Gathering

before the Great Being of the Skies

did not hear him.

But the Spirit did

and without Gaoh’s knowledge

quietly returned departing spirits

or laying to rest in broad sunlit uplands

the spirits already departed

Filling them again with life in abundance

When, at the Great Being’s behest, they would awake again

East looked across menacingly

seeing his brothers on the horizon.

He caught them unawares

whipping them all into a frenzy,

a great circular motion,

now all four winds in a vortex

of fear, death and destruction

as they fought each other to the death

And still Gaoh remained at Court

unaware and silenced by the Great Being

And tell me Gaoh

Mighty Master of the Winds

How goes it this day?

How have you been spending your time?

Oh Great One I have been keeping check

and maintaining watch across the skies

You know that of course oh Great One

Indeed

But perhaps it is time to return?

Gaoh followed the gaze

He went pale

All four winds in mortal combat

Already, a string of islands denuded

Fatalities on a scale unimagined

 The Great North Wind - his headdress ripped from him - pierced as in a lightning strike

Image Courtesy of Dragan Ražnatović and Dex Isaias - all rights reserved to them and to the Photographer

Gaoh moved...

but the Great Being descended unto earth

as in a lightning strike

exploding the eye of the storm

and in an instant, it passed,

and nations glanced at each other in awe and fear... ...

Who is this? That even the winds and seas obey Him?

North South East West

Return to your lodges

In a gaze, their wounds were healed in an instant.

And by Summons

Gaoh appeared beside Him

A lesser but no less fearsome lightning strike...

But such that seemed to signal to the world

that the worst was over.

Gaoh, come!

Walk with Me in the Garden awhile

We will speak, you and I.

Already the healing has begun

But this is a terrible thing to have been done

by East

He is your son

You must keep him in check

For to do otherwise will leave Me no alternative

but to abandon this realm

and leave it to die

And I will bring life elsewhere

to another part of my endless Kingdom.

Now you Gaoh,

Great Master of the Wind,

I appoint you also Great Warrior of the Skies

And you will have whatever is required of Me

to stay the hand of jealousy and envy

to protect the Cycle of the Seasons

my daughters

Winter Spring Summer and Autumn

Oyandone Yaogah Dajoji and Neoga

rested at His feet...

sensing the peace returning to them

Restoring their wounds even

He caught a glimpse of East

staring back

An unkempt desultory youth...

Gaoh leave us awhile

I will walk with East

Send Oyandone to Us

when we reach the summit

of the Great Mountain.

I will restore them there

and return them to you

And the Great Being

looked out across the Universe

and received unto Himself

the Petitions from a benighted People

His People

All races, creeds, colours

A Petition

by the Peoples of the Earth

to Gaoh The Great Master of the Wind

and to the Great Being in the Skies

and to the Most High Ancient of Days

through the Ruach HaKodesh

and by His Grace, Salvation

1 August 2022
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© Kenneth Thomas Webb 2022

In tribute to the great Iroquois and all Native American Peoples

and to the People of the Philippines in this grievous hour ~ 11 November 2013

Last published on 15 November 2020

A Petition by the Peoples of the Earth to Gaoh The Great Master of the Wind and to the Great Being in the Skies and to the Most High Ancient of Days through the Ruach HaKodesh and by His Grace, Salvation