Valley of the kings
Romantic ideas
Word spread rapidly
Undiscovered tomb of a pharoah
World renown archeological teams
headed for Egypt
Amateurs, we stood in line for almost twenty-hours
before it was our
turn to take a look inside.
From the sunlight to the darkness, at first you go blind.
You hopefully catch yourself
As you find yourself falling over all of the stuff the servants
Felt the Pharoah would need in the afterlife
Toys, tools, everyday items, seeds, toiletries, decorative items
Vast amounts of lapis, and gold are glimpsed at corners where
generators are lighting lamps.
The air is stale, like a death march.
There is little light; but lots of angry shadows.
I lost my footing twice, tripping over an embossed box.
There were three sarcophagus,
In this unusual tomb.
A family disaster perhaps?
I could barely see in here.
I went back out,
and gulp-breathed
Gorgeous Egyptian air,
relieved I had not been grabbed
by a mummy.
Egyptian artifacts intrigue,
Museum quality so fine
Imagination they besiege,
Sagely seasoned like the best wine,
They fill my heart with love and awe,
Egyptian artifacts so fine,
Love soul stories of ba and ka,
Often inspires me and mine,
Soul-deep into a tomb or mine,
Wishing I could go on a dig,
Egyptian artifacts so fine,
Terrific stories truly big,
Finding a tomb King Tut mighty,
Is the best kind of dream of mine,
Discovering tight and righty,
Egyptian artifacts so fine.
You came from a legendary period in time
Possessing almighty power
Respected and worshipped by those who serve
And feared by those who cower
Creator of the mystic pyramids
Four sided structured tombs
The Old Kingdom bids farewell
An immortal existence looms
You once fought in Nubian wars
Upon that desert sand
We’ve never understood your genius
So evident in the land
History says you spoke an ancient tongue
And carried a golden ankh
Certain that Ra would emerge each day
Your subjects in prayer would thank
Under the cover of the veil of your disguise
Who knows what your future will behold
Those that fear you, are those that you despise
Now you are a legend, your story may be told
Steeped in Eastern mystery
As a God you live forever
Out of the hand of Anubis
We’ll underestimate you never
American Pharoah,
swift as an arrow.
First triple crown winner to date,
since nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.
7/1/15
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