Falling in love with king Tut

I have known you since childhood

A figure from ancient history

A king with a nickname...king Tut..

How could I believe in you when it has all been hot..

Desert like and to my mind now there were

Sanddusts everywhere

But you grew on me like a piece of jewellery

I have acquired in my childhood 

You are my amulet

And in my sleepless days

You give me strength

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I close my eyes

And I can hear the noise of chariots

Harps play as you descend from your throne

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It is now 9 pm...

I lie on bed

Promising myself with some earned rest 

Your face is on a cup close to me

Golden with an eagle soaring above

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I am now in Thebes

Wearing a linen dress

It is dawn time and I am looking forward to an Egyptian sunset

The sun is descending into the sky

Like a graceful friend saying good bye

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I closely approach you

Thinking it is a miracle 

That I have known you for long

Torn clothes

I saw my mother stitching clothes

I kept my torn clothes and always said 'I will fix them soon'

Today I threw a few

I stared at them as they lied deep in the bin

I took them out, inspected them

Then put them back with a puzzled heart

The moon

The moon is pretty in the sky

And all I would like to do is to listen to this song 

Non-stop as I watch the moon 🌙

But I have things to do

Papers to sort out

Stories to tell to my child

And games to play      

I step back 

As the lyrics of the song repeat in my head

Which I don't  quite well understand

I pick up the key to the French door

Close the door, the curtains 

And head to the room

Karen Wallace...how did you know?!

I have many storybooks for children. In the room next to me, there are characters of all sorts: a polar bear cub who conquers his fear of the dark, a reindeer who delivers presents 🎁 for Santa and a rabbit who has three sisters and sometimes seems to take pride in being alone and doing things by himself! But my favourite storybook has a dog in it, a dog who solves mysteries at the farm and puts everyone at ease. Detective Dog -so is the name of the book series- is written by Karen Wallace and is illustrated by Jackie Harland. The first book I read for Detective Dog series was The Stolen Egg; it is about a goose who lost her egg (she had built her nest on top of a steep hill) and Detective Dog was able to find her egg. I fell in love with the storybook, and bought another book of the series: Treasure Trail, this time Detective Dog solved the mystery of shiny objects that were given to the farm animals as presents. As I am writing this blog post now, I am thinking of why I admire Karen Wallace's writing. I could think of a few things: her stories are written in an easygoing style, they are intriguing and humane. 

I wanted to read more books of the series so I ordered one more online. 

 I received it by post and when I unpacked the parcel and opened it, I read Karen Wallace's signature on the first page. It read "To"..and what comes after that was not my name. And at the bottom of the page was Karen Wallace's signature. I carried the book bemused as I rushed upstairs. I am not sure if liking the writings of someone you have never met in person will go unnoticed. I nodded as if I am speaking to someone. There are things in heaven above and secret magic that no one knows about; I said to myself as I sat on the small bed. Read it with enjoyment.