The Psychostasia

The Psychostasia (The Egyptian Funerary Rite) For seventy days I’ve been prepared With oils and unguents ever so rare And with linen bandages to and fro Wound and wrapped from head to toe And on this journey I’m prepared to start By enduring the “Weighing of the Heart” With Toth’s oversight we’ll see whether My heart weighs true against Truth’s feather Should it fall short the beast will devour My soul to oblivion in my final hour Yet should it measure straight and true The Pylon opened I’ll be ushered through And then I shall fall unto my knees And pray that Osirus hears my pleas That he acknowledge and clear my tears And accept my soul for a thousand years And cleanse said soul of all its scars And make me one with the canopy of stars And bless my children and my wife That they may join me in the afterlife