Skilled in magic and <br />funerary matters, <br />Thoth is the moon <br />god of Egypt and <br />sacred to him is the ibis. <br /> <br />Long after sunset <br />I saw seven ibises <br />fly in a line, <br />low over the waters <br />of the Nile. <br />They followed a path <br />laid down by the moon <br />to bring them home safe <br />to Thoth. <br /> <br />Alone out of time <br />in my mind’s eye <br />still they fly <br />as they always flew <br />low, over the Nile <br />in single file <br />homeward to Thoth, who dwells <br />in a beautiful house <br />at the further end <br />of the silver path to the moon. <br /> <br /><br />Pete Crowther<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/meetings-with-egyptian-gods-thoth/
