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There is also Set’s side to the Wesir Mysteries that is often overlooked, but which I touch on in this poem…

SET, STRONG OF SADNESS

I am Set, and I bear many sorrows.
I have lost much, yet still I walk free
In the deserts and the lonely places.

I am Set, yet My brother is dead,
And My sister against Me,
And My people estranged.

Outcast.
Murderer.
Who understands?

Every day I work for them,
Those who point the finger,
Those who shun.
Every day I slay
What needs to be slain,
So they can arise,
And go about their business,
And do ma’at,
And be renewed in Zep Tepi,
And forget about Whom they owe it to.

I am Set.
Outcast.
Strong of Sadness.

My brother, of great compassion,
Saw the dead were kingless.
And resolved to be with them.
But how?
Who had the strength
To send Him there?
Who had the strength
To hold the blame,
To bear the sorrows,
To be the outcast?

A god to kill a god,
Then mourn His brother.
So many sacrifices
In one act.

I have heard them say
That I am without love.
I have heard them say
That I am chaotic, evil, trickster.
I have seen them erase My name.
I have heard them laugh at stories about Me.
Yet they may thank Me one day,
When they see their King.

My children know.
They know the warmth.
They know the love.
They know the strength.
They know the clear vision an eagle would admire.
They know the precision a general would aspire to.
They know the persistence.
They know the sacrifice.
They know their Father.

Let no evil appear in your mouth against Me.
Do not turn against Me,
For I am Set,
Who sets up the storms and thunder
Within the horizon of the sky,
Like a fury!

I am Set.
Strong of Sadness.

~ Shaseni, 2022

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