posted December 16, 2000 10:24 PM
THE LEGEND OF ISIS AND OSIRIS
STEAL SILENT INTO THE NIGHT
TO THE FOREST...TO THE GLEN
SIT ON SOFT GREEN GRASS
NEAR THE FIRE
AND HEAR THE OLD TALE
--OF GODS--
GODS IN THE EASTERN LAND
IN THE LAND OF THE SOLAR SIGN
HEAR OF ISIS, HER SISTER,
OSIRIS AND SETH...
SETH DOTH DESIRE ISIS..
DESIRE HER AS HIS
"OH, ISIS, I DESIRE THEE.
DOES THEE DESIRE SETH?"
FOR ISIS, ALONE DOES OSIRIS
STIR HER HEART...
SO TO SETH ISIS DOTH SAITH,
"NO..NOT THEE SETH. NO!
I DESIRE THEE NOT! THE
ONE I DESIRE IS OSIRIS.
OSIRIS AND I ARE ONE."
"TAKE THEE THE SISTER
OF ISIS...SHE DESIRES THEE."
SO ISIS SENT HER SISTER TO SETH
SETH HATED THE SISTER
HE FELT NO DESIRE FOR HER
--ONLY ISIS--
HE TOLD THE SISTER TO GO!
AH, ISIS'S SISTER...
HER HEART IS SORE
FOR SHE DOES DESIRE SETH -
SHE HAS LEARNED SHE AND
SETH ARE ONE--
FOR THE SISTER, FOR ISIS
SETH'S ANGER ROSE...
(HISS!)
"IF OSIRIS IS GONE AND IS NOT...
THEN THE HEART OF ISIS TO FIND
DESIRE FOR SETH."
TO THAT END DOES SETH
SET HIS-SELF...(HISS!)
---OF THIS NO ONE LEARNED---
SETH SENT FOR OSIRIS -
AS A FRIEND HE LAID A TALE
OF GOLD AT THE FEET OF OSIRIS.
(FOR GOLD OSIRIS HAD GREAT DESIRE)
SETH SAID "IN A LAND FAR...SETH
FOUND A GATE..SAIL 'ORE THE GATE,
'ORE SAND. GO AS SOL RISES AND
RISES - GO NORTH...
FOR GOLD IS THERE...LOTS OF GOLD."
"HOLD", SAID OSIRIS, "I SEE NOT
TO FIND THE GOLD"
SAID SETH, "AS A FRIEND I GO..
THEE AND I GO TO FIND THE GOLD."
FOR HIS GREED DOES OSIRIS AGREE
TO ISIS OSIRIS TOLD OF HE AND
SETH TO GO TO FIND THE GOLD.
ISIS'S HEART FELT SAD...
SHE FELT THE LIES...
"GO NOT, OH OSIRIS...
HERE IS ISIS.
THEE HAS NO REASON TO GO!
HERE TOO IS GOLD."
AS OSIRIS DESIRES LOTS OF GOLD -
HE LISTENED NOT TO ISIS.
HE FELT ANGER FOR HER
AND TOLD HER SO. (HISS!)
THEN OSIRIS AND SETH LEFT.
--AH LIES AND GREED---
(HISS HISS HISS )
IN THE NORTH - DOES SETH SET
TO FIGHT OSIRIS - FOR OSIRIS
TO DIE DOES SETH DESIRE..
A LONG LONG FIGHT -
OSIRIS THEN DOES DIE! (HISS!)
THEN TO HIDE THE DEED
DOES SETH RENDER OSIRIS -
HIS HEART - HIS HEAD - HIS HAND -
HIS LEG - HIS SEED...
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH
HE HIDES OSIRIS..(HISS!)
IN DESERT - IN FOREST -
IN SEA..HE HIDES OSIRIS (HISS!)
THEN TO ISIS SETH GOES
HE LIES TO HER AND SAID,
"OSIRIS DESIRE THEE NOT.
FOR HIS GREED OF GOLD
HE HAS LEFT THEE."
"FOR I DESIRE THEE, ISIS.
DOES THEE DESIRE SETH?"
ISIS SEES HIS LIES..
"NO! I DESIRE THEE NOT!
THEE HAST DONE A DEED!
I SEE OSIRIS IS DEAD...
THEE DID THIS!"
"I SEE NOT OSIRIS'S SEAT
OF REST - RELATE THIS TO
ISIS SETH. THEE DID HIDE
OSIRIS..RELATE TO ISIS HIS
SEAT OF REST, 'ERE THEE
FEELS FOR ISIS."
"NO!" SAID SETH - "GO ISIS!"
"FIND OSIRIS ALONE...I HID
OSIRIS 'ORE THE ENTIRE EARTH
HE IS HID...OSIRIS IS LOST FOR
GOOD...FOR THEE ALONE NOT TO
FIND" SAID SETH'S HARD HEART
HIS DRAGON'S HEART (HISS!)
"NO, NOT ALONE", SAID ISIS..
SO TO HER SISTER GOES ISIS.
"OH, SISTER - SETH HAS DONE A
DEED. OSIRIS IS DEAD!
ALAS! ALAS! ALAS!
OSIRIS, THE HEART OF ISIS,
IS DEAD!!"
"THEN TO HIDE THE DEED, SETH HAS
HIDDEN OSIRIS..'ORE THE ENTIRE
EARTH..IN SEA - IN FOREST -
IN DESERT..HE HID OSIRIS."
"IF ISIS FINDS THE ENTIRE
OSIRIS - THEN 'ERE THE OLD LORE
IN ISIS'S HAND - DOES OSIRIS
HATH LIFE - ISIS'S HEART TO HATH
LIFE"
"OH, SISTER, TO FIND OSIRIS..
THEE GO WITH ISIS..."
"'ERE I GO, SISTER, I TOO A DESIRE
HATH. I DESIRE THAT THEE HATES
NOT SETH. THAT THEE AND OSIRIS
HATH NOT ANGER FOR SETH."
"SETH'S ANGER I DO GAIN. SETH
AND I TOGETHER GAIN HELL."
"'TILL THEE AND OSIRIS SOAR AGAIN.
THEN AS ONE, SETH AND I
RISE 'ORE HELL."
"AND HELL IS GONE."
"THEE AND OSIRIS - THE LIGHT
"SETH AND I - THE NIGHT
'TIL THE OLD TALE IS LEARNED
'TIL THE ENTIRE SEED OF THE
EARTH SEES THEE HATES NOT
SETH FOR HIS DEED...AND
LEARNS NOT TO HATE."
"THEN HELL IS ENDED AND
SETH AND I ARISE AS SOL..
THEN "THE ENTIRE SEED"
GAIN THE LIGHT."
ISIS AGREED
SHE AND HER SISTER
SAILED ALONG THE NILE -
'ORE THE SEA - 'OR THE
ENTIRE EARTH....
AND TOGETHER GATHERED
OSIRIS.
'ERE THE OLD LORE
OSIRIS HAD LIFE!
ISIS AND OSIRIS TO THE LIGHT LEFT
HER SISTER AND SETH - TO HELL
SO LISTEN AND LEARN
OF THE OLD TALE...
DOES HATE AND GREED HATH
LIFE IN THEE'S HEART?
TO IT SAITH "GO!!"
"THERE IS NO ANGER..
NO GREED IN THIS HEART!"
SAID SO THAT SETH
(SETH THAT LEARNED NOT TO HATE)
AND HIS GENTLE OTHER, ISIS'S
SISTER.....
CAN RISE AGAIN INTO THE LIGHT...
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YIVY