Sekhmet, Or The Tobban Horse…
It was as if a giant ancient Egyptian representation
Of the goddess Sekhmet had been damaged
By invaders, or perhaps by neglect or weathering,
For its severed head lay as a sentinel by default
Upon a small secluded Cornish beach, quite incongruous.
The curious detached outcrop was like an abomination,
Yet an impressive, once worshipped, if ravaged
Deity, scarred and with lichen upon its surface gathering,
A perch for seabirds, a rock to take the ocean’s assault,
A landmark, a bastion, a monstrosity momentous…
Pete Ray
18th November 2023…
The landslip known locally as the Tobban Horse looked so like the Egyptian goddess of war and healing with the head of a lion…
Along the coast from Porthtowan, Cornwall...
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