Sopdet

the ancients worshiped this light in the sky  
so far away but so bright to the eye
the calender created by Egyptian kings
rising high revered like golden rings

the duat of their underworld passed
Isis and Osiris in the galaxy so vast
shining down with a curious smile
marked the flooding of the Nile

so very close yet still so far
less than 9 light years to this star
she is binary in number having a mate
though a white dwarf now can no longer relate

she was just as important to many other cultures
Greeks and Polynesians claiming like vultures
this dog of the night caused men to weakly tilt
aroused the women and made the plants wilt

somewhere in the future she will bid adieu
as the galaxies shift and are born anew
this pair of lovers must say goodbye
this Sirius watchers of our night sky

Gomer LePoet ....