The Last Pharoah

Hail Cleopatra, Princess of the Nile Cunning lies within your devious plan Secrets cleverly hidden in a smile Silent Cobra coiled, striking heart of man Your body a temple, your sacred shrine Bathed in duplicity and sweet beguile Taste Ceasar, Antony, on lips of wine Life lived in beauty and splendid denial Rome laying siege to your glistening crown Stinging bite of asp, a fitting demise Egypt cried rivers in sorrow and drowned The world left to ponder in truth or lies Surface beauty of face and form so rare Masks sinister ugliness hidden there