Semerkhet
A Mummified Abecedarian
An ache to live again, I could not feel
Black as charcoal is the closed eye of death
Consider what a stone must think about
Dreams had I none, nor memories or wishes
Even unconscious, we remain alive
For centuries, I was not I, but it
Gone were ambition and bitter regret
Humans, meddlesome fools, by magic dark
Incantations ancient and powerful
Jerked my soul from the sightless, soundless void
Knowing that I would be a sight ghastly
Longing to bring back an age long vanished
Mourning the days when Pharaohs ruled all things
Nostalgic for a hierarchy firm
O, had they only known how royal rage
Perfected by centuries of soft rest
Quickened, would like molten bronze boil and burn
Revenge against these necromancers first
So sweet to me were their shocked, sweating screams
Through their remains, I hunted for some sign
Unfamiliar, of where and when I am
Visions I saw on a small, glowing pane
With disgust did I scan their hair and clothes
Xenopus, tongueless frogs have better taste
Your age is decadent, faithless, obscene
Zealots will I gather, and then rule you
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D. J. Reddall
I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.
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Comments (4)
Another great monster inspired abecedarian! Many excellent and clever lines! I kind of forgot mummies are such a Halloween icon
I was thinking that it never occurred how mummies would feel about being awakened. Then that last line "Zealots will I gather, and then rule you." I swear that's already happened.
Ok, I am HERE for creepy poetry! Loved this! Especially the lines in O, P, and Q, they fit together so perfectly!
Hahahahaha humans definitely are meddlesome. And lol, the tongueless frogs have better taste!