July 24, 2011
Song for Sekhet
Song for Sekhet
© 2011 Natalie Baan
Sekhet
O Lady of the Fen
Crowned with reeds
Blue lotus in Your hand
Sekhet
Mysterious and wise
You Who dwell
Where the marsh birds cry
Sekhet
Awaken with the flood
Birthing life
From dark and fertile mud
Sekhet
O Lady of the Fen
Work Your will
So that we live again
Work Your will
That we might live again
Notes: Written in June 2011. Sekhet, the lady of the fens, was a marsh goddess, seen as the consort of Hapy who became fruitful with the arrival of the Inundation.