Can We Revisit? Poem by Meenu Alex

In Xanadu Again
The magic chasms told me about the great days of Kublakhan
Of the wars fought, won and lost
Of the damsels and their dainty days
Of the daring youth and their unflinching spirit
Of the tears of women in dark dungeons
In Xanadu lived a great Kublakhan
It was a world built upon a shining glass structure
Founded on stories untold
The gladiators fought in the open space
Either to be groomed for the next battle or to be munched by the animals in waiting
The archaic remnants of the broken walls
The secret recess, the hidden treasures
the high pitched fortresses all were there for a glimpse
Again sailors thronged there for a heap of gold and jewels
In exchange for dried fish and opium
Ibn battuta described Xanadu
as a world of wonders in his 'Rihla'
The pleasure dome went to the sea
And the sea, a witness to all!

-My Respects to the great poet Coleridge