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gothicmoth Member
since 2000-06-05
Posts 89 |
Speak to me once more Of Egypt That lifetime long ago Remind me of moonlit nights Floating down the Nile Drifting in the reeds Whisper how we ruled in terror On a throne of blood Watching peasants build tombs More grand and more elaborate For those who wouldn't die Cries filled the Valley of the Dead At Abydos they watched The Death of Osiris Everytime you would rise again Tell me it all while we wait Sleeping in our sarcaphogus Listening for the time to rule Once again in blood and terror |
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lotharingia Senior Member
since 2000-06-04
Posts 897saarbruecken, Germany |
Hey, like all your poems, this one is *good*, very in fact! I like the way the "immortal" is remembering with, err, can't remember the word, ah - nostalgia, with nostalgia times of violence and cruelty, longing for those times to return. Evil never sleeps x) Why do you say those times in Egypt, though, are these sarcophagi in a museum elsewhere? Lotharingia "For God's sake, he's a poet. Poets are meant to feel miserable. Otherwise, what the hell are they here for? What are they going to write about?" Tom Holland |
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lotharingia Senior Member
since 2000-06-04
Posts 897saarbruecken, Germany |
or is it because they have been in many places where evil was, but like to remember Egypt in particular, because that was such fun ? Lotharingia "For God's sake, he's a poet. Poets are meant to feel miserable. Otherwise, what the hell are they here for? What are they going to write about?" Tom Holland |
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lotharingia Senior Member
since 2000-06-04
Posts 897saarbruecken, Germany |
Sorry, SORRY, SoRrY, this is the last one, I promise! But just to keep my Tom Holland appreciation soliloquy going  have you read "The Sleeper in the Sands"? I haven't  Lotharingia "For God's sake, he's a poet. Poets are meant to feel miserable. Otherwise, what the hell are they here for? What are they going to write about?" Tom Holland |
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gothicmoth Member
since 2000-06-05
Posts 89 |
Laugh. I keep having different thoughts too as I post a reply. I've become great friends with the preview window. *grin* This poem is about 5 years old I think and honestly, I've forgotten what I meant by "of Egypt." I believe I was trying to evoke the feeling of Ancient Egypt and how the times have changed. I'm not sure where I saw the sarcaphogus, but I do think it is "elsewhere." "The Sleeper in the Sands"? No I haven't read that. It's off to the library for me. Thanks for making me think about this poem again. I'm glad you liked it. |
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Dark Enchantress Senior Member
since 1999-07-27
Posts 1258meet Morgana |
Another great poem gothicmoth...my mind often wanders off to those sort of things...in fact I practicly live there but I've never been able to write it so well. Superb!  D.E. Listen to your heart for it knows the way even when you don't. ~*Angel of Darkness*~ "So what are we, helpless? Puppets? No, the big moments are gonna come...you can't help that. It's what you do afterwards that counts. That's when you find out who you really are. You'll see what I mean..." -Whistler *+Daughter of Darkness+* |
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Joel the wolf Senior Member
since 2000-04-06
Posts 1333Angels Camp |
Ahhh! the Immortal, sweet dust of ancient times. Great visions in this one kid. love the over all pictures. Joel. I howl a mournful song, that echos within my chambered heart, for all to read? nay for all to feel. |
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Portia Member
since 2000-05-18
Posts 157 |
This has always been my favorite... I see beautiful vampires longing for their time again. I can feel the wistfulness every time I read it. sigh... lovely, wonderful, beautiful. |
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Isis Member Ascendant
since 1999-09-06
Posts 6296Sunny Queensland |
Isis Goddess of Ancient Egypt itself loves and relates to this one!! Wonderful interesting yet dark tale - Bravo!!  I'll tell you this...... No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn..... ~Isis~ (Goddess - Sovereign of the Spirit) |
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