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What think you of the love for a lost Egyptian queen?

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Tutankhamon and Meryet-Re: The Entombment*

Should I come for you when night has fallen...

Shall I call your name when twilight descends...

Will temple bells hold you as dusk deepens...

Will the Royal Priestesses be with you when I come...

Will your eyes remember me when night has fallen...

Will your hair still be scented with perfume...

Should my steps be whisper-soft on the stone...

Shall your annointed heart still be mine...

Do you wish to meet the Lord of the Westeners...

Do you, my beloved, find peace in the House of Gold...

Was the Double Crown too heavy for my joy in life...

Was the Nile cold when they washed and prepared you...

Many tears of the gods have been shed for you...

Many Great Ones will still your sorrow. And mine...

Would you exchange one palace for another...

Would you have a goddess escort you to the valley...

Your favorite mirror and khol will forever be with you...

Your beloved cat will live as you wished, my heart...

There will be dancers and flowers and musicians...

There can be no other to replace you in the Two Lands...

You shall be as the sun and arise in the morning...

You shall be a goddess...

I place my ring on your sarcophagus for Eternity.

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  1. I love this, you have captured the feel of translations of ancient poetry I have read.  Such beautifully restrained grief and love out-poured.


  2. this is too cute

  3. it is very poetic an beautifly flows


  4. This one's good.....I'm not sure about the next one tho'...I'll have to go back to it.....if it stops raining...I'm in the van and my laptop battery is getting low...once I get to the chicken coop I can use the tower and charge up the laptop........

  5. Very nice. I like shopping at Kohl's, and Felix is asleep on the keyboard again. 333333333333333333333333333333333

  6. Love is part of the human soul. Your magnificent poem is also a lesson--that the current generation did not create or discover love. The poem has the music and the rhythm of a Song of Solomon, resonating with ancient beauty, millennia before nursery rhyme was considered poetry.

  7. huh? he was like 17 when he was murdered...this has to be a fictional poem

  8. This was absolutely beautiful. It made me want to cry thinking of his lost love.

  9. That is too much.But again its Yours, so no wonder.

    Wonderful as much as "wonder" and "full" can get, literal & metaphoric.

  10. Yes Me thinks this is Outstanding!!!...I really enjoyed this piece ...Thanks for sharing........

  11. This has exquisite beauty and a tenderness that touch me deeply. I love all of the knowledgable details that add only enchantment to the story.  I could keep reading this forever and it would still be a rare delight.  Thank you.

  12. Wow!

  13. It is extremely moving. I love the "whisper-soft" steps, so evocative... And the details: the mirror, the khol, the cat... A great poem, Elysabeth.  

  14. It's simply beautiful.  

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