Sekhmet of the vast desert
Mother of tumult
Of hot sand rolling into glyphs,
Our fragments are fused by your initiation Our parts, joined by your power
In its pure intent
You make sense of the sand
You make clear our path
Upon the back of Geb
Re's (Ra's) rebirth sheds order upon the velvet earth
Each day
Sekhmet Healer, we are home
Sekhmet Mother, we are yours
Sekhmet Mender we are whole
Vengeful Eye of Ra
Lioness in chaotic nature
Reigning in restless dust and relentless sun Surviving the self-created
Emerging, enduring, restoring, thriving Red sand writes our road
Mother of Ma'at, we are birthed by you Mender of selves, we are one in you
Thanks for reviving some of the ancient names. Poets too often deny themselves classical heritage and we laymen suffer for it. For generations we've had to rely upon science fiction writers like Frank Herbert and A. E. Van Voyt to teach us about the world of the ancients ... really just our own world without the gadgets ... and as population grows and swarms, and water shirks and hides, our children may desperately need to know these names and stories.
Without research, I would say this poem is referring to the Egyptian view of the vast desert surrounding the fertile strip of the Nile River.
I am unfamiliar with the terms except for Ra the sun God. One thing that I do know is that 5000 years ago when the pyramids were built, the Sahara was a much more productive place with much more water and fertile land than today. Throughout the Sahara desert there were many many more oases and even lakes that supported large populations of people. When the desert started closing in and became more and more like it is today. People sought religion to try to overcome the despair caused by the loss of water and all that it brought.
The captivating music of birds and the enchanting beauty of roses have, each in their own right, inspired people around the world for as long as anyone can remember. How the two combine with the challenges faced by a struggling writer in Georgia to c
The second book in the telepathy series. It contains more ways for the up and coming telepathist to experiment with the sending and receiving of thoughts and is at the end of the story about future telepathy people found unexpectedly chosen by the go
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I am unfamiliar with the terms except for Ra the sun God. One thing that I do know is that 5000 years ago when the pyramids were built, the Sahara was a much more productive place with much more water and fertile land than today. Throughout the Sahara desert there were many many more oases and even lakes that supported large populations of people. When the desert started closing in and became more and more like it is today. People sought religion to try to overcome the despair caused by the loss of water and all that it brought.
Ron