Valley Of The Fallen Kings Poem by Oni Omotayo

Pity and shame O helpless souls!
So sad glancing within this valley
The doom of stardoms, pit of ravage glories
Sad fate of tyrant and unjust rulers
They who yield not the purpose of call
Who art fallen from their battle line
O Sight of pity and shame!
At the brink of the valley of royal shadows
Ends of fallen idols of powerful kingdoms
The once honor of allies and patrons
Now bring the rain of tears from the past
Royal scepter fell from their cold hands
The blade of sword rust in tarnished prides
Infamies are engrave upon their headstones
Their names died in the heart of their maidens
History barely endures them on its pages.
I see a sad procession in this vision
I hear the noise of many strides,
With horrifying voices and tears
In shades of moody and tearful night,
Like great legions they March
With Crowns upon their empty skull
Onward in the doom of judgment
Are these not the souls of the fallen kings?
Their feet like great drums pounding,
Like though cruel hands hold them powerless
As they tail in the tragic pit of the mighty
Crest of their kingdoms fades upon their purple raiment
Flags fell from its iron brace once for their tribute
And I see their fame vanish like flames
Praise that once blaze like great fires
Emblem of nobility now lies with another
Their tales are titled 'rise and fall'
Stuck inside memory of antagonist
Shards of crystal lie in the dust of the earth
And their light disappeared in night clouds.
Tell it not to his mother that he fell at the seat of pride
And to its kin that he fell at the sword of his own greed
Say not in the ears of his wife that he fell at the knees of jezebel
And to his offspring that he fell by the blood of the innocent
Say not to his fair maidens that he dine with ruthlessness
And to his young lads that he fell with breath of his heartlessness
Let the rulers yet with grace watch the slip of his forerunner
Lest like the fallen kings, you sight the last sunbeam
And the silvery round moon that rise from the east,
While yet you rule in royalty bear with you loyalty
And while you swear your allegiance, swear with fidelity
Better is a good name when told than riches yet untold
Vital is the end of a man than his vast beginning.