Egypt - 2499 B.C.
After years of
being born into servitude, Thamphthis, a young practitioner of the occult arts
summons the Bennu
to assist him in assuming the throne to be Egypt's new Pharaoh.
You dare to summon me?? Nascent
as can be, young agent of deceit?
so patient and naive, yet
trenchant in technique...your vagrance has intrigued
Oh! the tasks you can
achieve! ask of what you need? (**) Your placement is decreed.
before you assume the throne
know, the vacancy is teased until payment is received..
(**) - Thamphthis
- "I wish to be Pharaoh of all of Egypt."
Thamphthis did
not need Bennu's warning and usurped the throne anyway..
Fool! my magic is ancient
and unique, you dare to test me in lieu of changes that you seek?
but your punishment ..will
be latent and reprieved, for now, enjoy the nation at your feet
soon you'll be blatantly
deceased, the pages of history, your name escapes from every sheet
your throne before an heir,
left vacant to be seized, and only strangers will compete..
the moral is, to summon and
cross me...is a mortal sin, you could die
as the sun touches my
obelisk, I transform from Bennu to Ra
Almost 2000 years
later... Greece - circa 500 B.C.
I was reborn in the western
lands with plumage of gold
Still aligned with the Sun
Gods, of new and of old.
The cycle of life and death
is such a nuisance, I know.
But my power is in my
history, which humans control.
Time is of no essence, so I
choose to behold,
The prince of Macedonia when
his movement unfolds
I watched my temples start
to crumble as truancy slowed
So I let Pompeii burn to ash
and never loosened the mould.
China – 220 A.D.
I arose in the far east,
during the Dynasty of Han
A culture built on valor of
which finally, I’m fond
Now a symbol for prosperity
and peace? The irony is gone
I’m to herald eras of
tranquil virtue before I quietly move on?
If I’m righteously a swan,
this land’s decidedly my pawn
Thus, the War of the Three
Kingdoms spitefully I spawned.
New York, U.S. – 1973
Now I’m just a comic, a cosmic
force of energy feeding from a star
I watched the world beneath
me crumble, while seething from afar
What’s the meaning of this
art? What does reading it impart?
I am barely just a dream of
things yet appeasing to the heart
I guess time was in fact
essential, I was cheated from the start
Since I’m only what I’m
believed to be, it’s easy to depart…