Mistress of happiness and bounty

Beloved Bastet,
mistress of happiness and bounty,
twin of the Sun god,
slay the evil that afflicts our minds as you slay the serpent Apep.
With your graceful stealth anticipate the moves
of all who perpetrate cruelties
and stay their hands against the children of light.
Grant us the joy of song and dance,
and ever watch over us
in the lonely places in which we must walk.

Oil on canvas, 40x30cm
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