Poem To Nefertari


Behold Queen of Priestesses !
I bow my head in your sanctuary
Of cool stone, circling your obelisk
Receiving roses and papyrus
to cover my breasts’
aching love and thorns
Glyphs pierce my skin

I thank you for God’s grapes
put before me and the many
Jewels for my altar to the Sun
Your emeralds dissolve in the
Rivers of Africa
turning to sparkling trout
for San to catch

Your tears fill our dams to the brim
as the One speaks into your eyes
I listen with heart strings pull tight
A cool breeze sways my
spine clear of all want

As Pyramid moves to Moon
then descends again
Our robes touch planets
To bring you messages
for your rule and
cloth for Kem
Ever upward we move
to the indefatigable
Light !


©ghairodanielspoetry2022