I am currently writing poems linked to the Egyptian deities and am aiming to capture key qualities as well as events from their mythology. I am by no means a writer but wanted to share my first poem to honour Osiris (Ausir)
Osiris, son of the sky and the earth,
King of Kemet, by right of his birth.
He taught his people to harvest the land,
And brought fertility from the harsh desert sand.
Osiris taught peace and removed all upheaval,
Bringing only good and removing all evil.
But all was not good, not safe on the throne,
For Set wanted Kemet all for his own.
Locked in a box, in the Nile he drowned,
Set killed his brother, and then claimed his crown.
Isis his love, searched in marshes and sand.
For her precious husband, tears flooded the land.
With care and with love, with power and magic,
Isis brought joy from something so tragic.
The wind of her breath gave Osiris new life,
And they united again as husband and wife.
They conceived a son, a true born heir,
Upon whose head the crown he would wear.
But Osiris could not stay, to Duat he progressed,
To put the hearts of the travelling souls to the test.
A balancing feather would make make the path clear,
To an eternal life without suffering or fear.
May all hearts be judged with fairness and grace,
To find peace eternal in his sacred space.
Lord of the underworld, the guider of spirits
Judge of the heart, to whom all souls must visit.
Bringer of renewal, Foremost of the west,
Who oversees those in their eternal rest.
The triad of Abydos with Auset and Heru,
Dua Ausir, Dua Ausir,Neb Abdhu.
Blessed be
Alan
and it is such a wonderful poem, too!
Shoo those doubts away and let your coven tell you truth - you’re an amazing creative writer, Alan! Everything you write is a gift to read - may you keep on thriving and keep on having fun with what you do! 