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Isis as Mortal

from Whispers of Arias (I) by Stephen Mead

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A love song of longing for Osiris.

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Isis as Mortal


Feline as the sphinx & more veiled
With secrets, I’m re-rising
From my last burial
Yet keeping it all contained.

This is a primitive thing: only eyes,
Breath moving, the pulse probing beneath
Dunes to unearth winds, the old crypts.

They will search you out.
Centuries I have, the will of stock
Found in a Nile steep with blood
& equally black.
That darkness invites light & shelters it,
Sun or moon, cast magnetic over poles
So you, Osiris, shall surely be a drawn tide.

Make no mistake. I do not stir at amulets
Left, wince when inscriptions scratch
Or some soul breaks off bits of my hide,
A remembrance of solace, the most my quiet
Profile has given, & gives…

Will that always be enough?
I can’t afford to question, have doubt,
A conscience of luxury. I can’t afford knowing
Distraction erodes or could give hope
When I am so fixed by this position
& never dream of you as lost.

Lost! As if one could misplace a heart
Ripe in the throat, in the gaze, as if
One were not yet a temple fullest
When empty of all but one thing.

Osiris, my walls turn to veins & the veins
Are highways. They travel long, go deep,
Waiting not for caravans, the usual parties,
But for the day, the night, where concrete
Turns to sand & your waters come in…

Still, I must admit, many of these wanderers
Have such need & I see, feel them as lovable,
Not made of stone after all, Osiris, nor even,
Quite, nine hundred lives

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from Whispers of Arias (I), released December 24, 2012

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Stephen Mead Albany, New York

A resident of NY, Stephen Mead is a published outsider artist, writer, maker of short-collage films and sound-collage downloads. If you are at all interested please place his name in any search engine in conjunction with any of the above-mentioned genres for links to his multimedia work and merchandise. To order CDs via VISA or PayPal please visit stephenmeadmusic.weebly.com ... more

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