Saqqara Cat

         

(Thanks to Saqqara Cat Egypt BM)

 Saqqara Cat

Green and golden

it sits down

it stands out

in high front legs of arms

Extending its body

decreasing its head size

which needs nose and earrings

to remain focus of attention

And its eyes lie deep

missing its precious stones

of irises drifting on

watery transparencies

On closer view let’s explain

the beetle on its forehead

could give rebirth

and its necklace

Protection and healing

just above wedjat-eye

profile to its lower chest

disappearing from view

Like the ravens you saw

at Stonehenge awe.

Xanadu (Ofjaneaustenfame) for Blogspot.Com (May 2017)

(Thanks to Gayer-Anderson Cat bronze with silver plague and gold jewelry

ca 600 BC possib from Saqqara Egypt bequest from Major John Gayer-Anderson 1939 British Museum London)