Sunday, September 27, 2020

We've Got Cows - The Sunday Muse

 


Come, sweet Hathor
my space-cow
bring your children
back from playing leapfrog
with the moon.
 
The glass on the counter
is half full
and the sweet clover
is blossoming in the field
and soft, September breeze
spills milkweed seed everywhere.
They fly with exuberance,
though they will die,
preparing for next year’s
butterflies.
 
Come with me, Hathor,
from the Aaru
back into to time,
back into this world
of grass and dirt and sun
 
back to this afternoon
of warm sunshine
and soft grasses
of falcons circling high above
and crows preening
in a nearby oak
talking amongst themselves.
 
Of course, it won’t last forever
my dear,
that’s what makes it
perfect.
 
The image is provided by The Sunday Muse.  
 
Aaru – in ancient Egyptian mythology the Field of Reeds, is the heavenly paradise
Hathor - ancient Egyptian goddess depicted as a cow, or a woman with the head of a cow, considered the primeval goddess from whom all others were derived. 


16 comments:

  1. Lovely. Thanks for the process note
    Happy you dropped by my sumie Sunday today

    Much💓love

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  2. It is the brevity of life that makes it so precious. Love every line Mary and you taught us in the process! Brilliant!

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    1. Thanks Carrie. It seems the older I get, the more the passing of time seems to creep into my writing!

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  3. "my space-cow
    bring your children
    back from playing leapfrog
    with the moon." -- great! Love that. The playfulness all throughout is wonderful.

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    1. Of course I had to start with the cow that jumped over the moon. Glad you liked that Q.

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  4. Life is short, stiil for the cow. Alurring to the cow, mundane to us, "this world
    of grass and dirt and sun."
    Thank you for the informative notes, until I saw them I was heading for the dictionary.
    ..

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    1. You're right, Jim, life is much shorter for the typical cow than for us. Thanks for reading. :)

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  5. So imaginative, Mary, and I love the old Egyptian characters.

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  6. Such a hopeful delightful piece...I needed it today

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