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The Heretic



Pharaoh of most noblest blood
  Amenhotep IV reigns supreme
The temples of the Gods denounced
  now begins the worship of the sun God.
He who Is me bow before the great Aten
   Amun-Ra cannot hear your cries
for I am your king and God of the sun.
  Worship with me when the sun rises
pray with me as the sun sets
   and kneel before me In celebration.
Egyptian warriors ready for conquest
  For my God is your only God
all others will be forgotten.
 In the valley of the sun
Worship the great sun disk
 you may now call me Akhenaten.
I am eternal your king lord sun God
 seventeen years until the heretic dies
   Great Goddess Isis eclipses the sun
for now the temples of the Gods have won.

— ZARRANO, Jan 26, 2010

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poewriter58

16 years 4 months ago

Paul

I am quite partial to Egyptian ancient culture. So you poem was quiet enjoyable to read and it was understood Chrys