Eye Of Osiris

Thunder blazed from the sky

Darkness spread through the holy land

Clouds gathered like never before

Mighty cats gave out a tearing roar

Mob gathered around on roads,

Palaces and on the roofs

All wondered and whispered

Fear was the same in all

Is this the time for our damnation?

Have our sins gone beyond salvation?

Is this the time to revise god’s creation?

Desperate were they for a glimmer of hope

Turned to their king, and pleaded

Asked him what should they do?

Who to sacrifice or what to give

To the gods who've abandoned their kind

The king was in awe

Of the strange phenomenon

He had never seen anything like it

Neither his ancestors did

Nor, he suspected, his successors will

Part of him was confused

Whether it’s the end or

A blessing from the heavenly den

Are they really facing annihilation?

Or was he chosen upon a sacred decision?

Uttered no word just stared the sky

The king himself together

With his family and subjects

Just stared at the sky

Then the clouds cleared

From just the centre of the sky

And the mortals gazed

With the utmost fascination

As there emerged an eye

Now they were hysterical

This was the eye of god, they shouted

The all-seeing-eye

The eye of Amun, the eye of Argus

The eye of Osiris, the eye of Shiva

The angelic light from the eye

Looked only towards the king

The crowd went silent

Until someone cried-“The king shall die”

This was a shock to all

Stoned as a corpse was now the king

His valour deserted him

And madness took over

Tears rolled down and

His life seemed to slip by

He murmured then screamed

“Why me? what have I done?”

“Why me? I am pious”

“As good a man of god as any man can be”

“I was the one, atrocity who endured”

“But whatever shall it be,

The king must be willing

To sacrifice even himself

If ever the need be"

O’ holy vision, the All Seeing Eye

Now I see, the true duty of a king

I am a sinner, please forgive me

Don’t ever punish my people for my sins

For now I confess, I am the sinister being

You have chosen me, And I shall provide

So be it as it may, “The King shall die”