New poem
Change
Change
She wanted change.
She wanted to change.
She wants to change what happened
all those years ago.
When he said to her, come and see me,
let’s have lunch,
she should have said no.
She wants to change.
She wants to be the no person
When he said have a smoke,
she should have said no.
When he said, you are so beautiful,
she should have left.
She wants to change.
She wants to change history.
When he said,
I won’t say what you want me to say,
she should have said, I don’t care,
I still love you.
She wants to change history.
When he said, I can’t ruin your life,
she should have said, it is already ruined.
You already ruined it.
When he said I won’t ever hurt you again,
she should have said, you will, they always do,
but I forgive you.
He wants things to stay the same
but he said I can’t hurt them.
She wants him to change the way it was,
the way it could have been.
I’ve been hurt too many times
He said.
She wants to change.
She wants to change him.
When he said, I’m leaving,
I have a new job.I have to go.
What should she have said?
When he said, things are different now,
that was then, this is now.
I’m different,
I have changed.
How could she have changed
His mind?
The landscape and the people were starting to look more familiar and the air conditioned coach was a welcome relief from the heat which was already building up. Someone mentioned that Luxor was having a heatwave that week. Our guide was a Coptic Christian from Alexandria called Marian, who was an extremely keen and knowledgeable Egyptologist and who was studying at Alexandria University. Our first stop after going through numerous guarded checkpoints was to see the Colossi of Memnon which are two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III.
They were erected 1350 BC- amazing aren't they?
proving I was there- it was incredibly busy everywhere we went as you can see.
We drove past the Ramesseum (the ruined "temple of a million years" ) but did not visit it and also we drove past the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut - she was the female pharoah wife of Tutmose 11 who took over after his death.
The Valley of the Kings is purported to be one of the hottest places on earth. It felt it too!
Our guide was very good, seeking shade for us all the time and reminding us to drink water. I don't think I have ever drunk so much water. I felt like a camel. We were advised to buy only sealed bottled water to avoid bad stomachs and fortunately the coach drivers did a better deal on the water than the bar on the boat did. Mind you, sometimes it was that disgusting coke dasani water that's been banned in the UK.
The tombs are from 16th to 11th century BC.
The Valley of the Kings looks initially like a grouping of pyramid shaped sandy hills in the middle of a desert. No wonder it too the excavation teams so long to uncover the tombs. They are well hidden and camoflaged.
Here is Howard Carter's house.
I was surprised to find it was undeveloped, almost derelict.
There is still some excavation work going on.
We looked round three tombs which all had the most amazingly preserved wall and ceiling paintings. We decided not to go round Tutankhamun's tomb as Marian said the others were more interesting.
We didn't really have time anyway as we were on to the Valley of the Queens next and had to be back on board for lunch
