synchronized in a few words
expressed that which cannot be written
meaning that which cannot be known
grasped in an instant of mind time
empires complexities
all their inner workings
secret imperial decrees
never penned secrets
revenue wealth sources
passions weather wars
power fluxes personalities
prosperity soars or falls
birth war rules expansions
neglect change revolutions
kaleidoscopic civilizations
ethnic diversity interactions
walls sanctions
trade interactions
iron clad armies
exploitative polices
who rules centuries?
who time challenges?
exalted megalomaniacs?
play games of empires?
hear ticking clocks?
who measures empires?
who weighs their deeds?
who sentences fates?
Copyright © Terence George Craddock
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem