Would you pass Osiris's Test?

 

Foundation.

I read a piece regarding Egyptian mythology recently. 

Its foundations created this piece. 

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

Salute.

Would you pass

Osiris's Test?

(A lone voice whispers)

Have you once sat

Enjoying the setting sun

Like a beautiful spring flower

But as the petals slowly 

Began to fall

As 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 

Sword

Have you seen people die

Endured never-ending pain

Been fractured 

By loves emotions

But still, you rose

And walked through it all

Have you looked deep 

Within the stars

Looked deep

Within life

Faced every challenge 

Climbed every pitfall 

However, like Jesus 

In the Wilderness 

Did the Devil

Sometimes 

Appear

With his promises

And prayers 

Spells and potions

Devil cake

And seductive undulations 

For it's 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 own 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

The Goddess of Order

Truth and Righteousness

To judge our ways

Do we sit in our 

Watchtowers

Silently watching 

Strangers and actors 

In stranger 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 flower

But as the petals slowly 

Began to fall

As hopes 

Hit a preconceived wall

Have you seen happiness 

Call

Witnessed 

Its plights and insights

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 onto your scales 

In the Hall of Final Judgment

After you plead your case to the 42 divine judges

To then watch the Weighing of the Heart’ ceremony 

In that very room 

Will you pass Osiris's Test and go to the Field of Rushes

Or will Ammit the Devourer appear

To drag you pleading into the dark 

Into the bushes

(C)

Copyright John Duffy 

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