The Moon Knight

  

 

I read a piece regarding Egyptian mythology and watched Moon Knight, recently.

(This old voice whispered)

A piece of poetry to serenade your eyes before my busy schedule begins.
Salute.

Have you once sat
Enjoying the setting sun
Like a beautiful wildflower

But as the petals slowly
Began to fall
As suddenly hopes hit a preconceived wall

Have you seen happiness 
Call

Witnessed
Its plights
As it slowly
Succumbed

Like the first King
Of Israel

The one named
Saul

Slowly falling upon its own sharp
Sword

Have you seen people die
Endured never-ending pain

Been fractured
By loves emotions

But still, you rose
And walked through the fire

Still trying to be victorious
And
Conquer it all


Have you looked deep
Within the stars

Looked deep
Within life

Faced every challenge
Climbed every pitfall

But like Jesus 
Lost and Vulnerable

In the Wilderness
For forty nights

Did
Sometimes the Devil
Appear

With his promises
And prayers

Spells and potions

Alcohol 

Some tasty looking Devils cake

And seductive undulations

Is it within those swirling tempestuous moments of doubts

Do we really find out what life's all about

Do we blindly follow the crowd to hell and damnation

Or rise to find our souls
Salvation

Are we at the crux of it all

Simply
A multitude of choices

A symbolic conflagration of all our tales

Do we get weighed upon Osiris's scales

Against the feather of Ma’at

Goddess of Order
Truth and Righteousness

To judge our ways

Or
Do we sit in our gilded
Watchtowers

Silently watching
Strangers friends 

Family and actors

Engaging in stranger still surreal
Shakespearean plays

Issuing tickets and permits

As octaves and symphonies
Wash over us in waves

Have you once sat
Enjoying the setting sun

Like a beautiful wildflower

But as the petals slowly
Began to fall

As hopes
Hit a preconceived wall

Have you seen happiness
Call

Witnessed
It's plights
As it slowly
Succumbed

Life can sometimes
Leave you numb

As you really look

But this life's your own
Beyond all doubts
And fears

You control
What eventually
Goes within your scales

Will you pass Osiris's test
Or will Ammit from under the table 

Suddenly appear

Copyright John Duffy