Sacbeob (White Roads)

By: Gus Victoria

White roads,

Sacbeob,

Made to wander

Ancient Mayab

From temple to palace

Under Zamna’s guidance

And Chac’s rain.

Sacbeob.

Each a path,

A journey chosen,

Traveled slowly.

A mystic way.

Feathered serpent,

Plumed master

In a house of stone,

Temple atop a castle,

I find

At the end of one.

Only one sacbe.

Mystic dwarf,

Magician in your structure

Bid me come

Along another.

To heaven and hell

The Twins beckon

As the Lords of Hell they defeat

In a grand court,

Xibalba is there at the end

Of another white road.

Xkeban and Utz-Colel,

The flower and the thorn,

Xtabentun and Ixtabay

Wait for me,

To discover at the end,

Another sacbe,

Another road traveled.

Another facet

Of the jeweled peninsula,

Of my beloved Mayab.

Of my home.