As you know when Isis lost her Osiris
she wandered Egypt 
one day she came upon a young girl
by the river lost in a dream
have you seen him? asked Isis
have you lost someone too?
asked the girl

it was here only yesterday
and so light was his heart
how I thought he would stay
and now gone like a day is gone
how lightly death can come knocking

first a face, then like a picture, then just a dream
finally just like the wind
how lightly he held my hand
just like the shadows
just like the clouds in the sky
now I always dream of him
I can not stop my longing
empty like a shell

His body has been cut up in pieces
said Isis
I can find all the pieces and restore him

the girl smiled and said
my lost love is lost in the desert
his body is whole but it is cold
and his memory drinks my tears
and I long to join him there in the cold

beloved he is now a wish
build a great temple
cry and decorate with gold
and dream of an empty resurrection
like a slave dreams of wings