Rome

Rome wasn’t built in a day
The stones took years to gather
and to stack one on top the other
but still, Rome was built
in spite of the forces pulling it down
and the ones who wished it would crumble
who ground it’s walls to dust in the search of blood
who held it dearer than they should have
and in spite of those who held it dearer than that.
Rome wasn’t built in a day
but I still feel it crumbling down to dirt
less than it was when it began as rocks
less than it was when it began as mountains
nothing more than dirt and dust and marrow
leaking out onto the grass
as rivers form and rush outwards
deep and away from it’s final gasps
forming new canyons in which to bury a history of dirt.

This Week's Theme Is:
"Dragonflies"