Author's Note: Geez! I haven't tried writing poetry in ages. This is very much a free-style poem; no rhyme or meter to it. It just is. It's written the way it is, because it just felt right. Anyway, here's the usual disclaimer. Mummies Alive (and in this case, Nefertina specifically) are property of DIC Entertainment.

Race the Wind

The deep bass rumble begins
Heaving, challenging, unfettered:
Untamed as the stallion,
Yet chained to the musician.
The rhythm - hoof beats -
The wail of a trumpet - triumphant neigh.
Wrapped in a veil of anonymity, I listen.

Jewel lights -
Ruby, emerald, sapphire -
They show me the truth.
Gyrating bodies fill the floor.
Pressing and pushing against the music,
A solid wall of flesh against an invisible wall of sound.
The movement exists,
But the love does not.

Putting aside the disguise,
Discard the mask of responsibility,
I glide onto the floor.
I dance for love of life,
Though I live not.
Brushing against one of the empty vessels,
Our eyes meet and he looks away.
A priestess of the Dance has come,
And he fears my power.
Hips sway with song,
Fingers flash with delight,
My body is my voice.

Mother Isis! Fill me to overflowing!
My power be your will,
Your cup I shall be,
And the dancers shall drink of my delight,
No longer swilling cheap drinks.
A true goddess walks among them,
Racing the wind.

Father Osiris! Roll with me in the music!
Waves break over us: liquid sound.
Open the doors of the House of the Dead,
For the people must seek their souls,
If they will join me,
Tripping the light fantastic.

Great Ra, master of all!
Descend from the lofty heights.
Mingle among mortals and know -
Know we still remember.
The club is my altar,
The dance my prayer,
My body Your temple,
All for You.

Father, Mother, and Master!
Live through me and be remembered.

Too soon the music ends.
Drifting through the sea of bodies,
Returning to the table,
I don again the semblance of normal.
Among the people, a priestess has danced
With her gods, and they do not know.
Next time...
Next time, maybe they will join me,
And as one we can race the wind.