Lost Legion For Friend Thad Poem by ivor or ivor.e hogg

Lost Legion For Friend Thad

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The earth beneath the desert sun is baked to shades of brown and dun.
A sea of sand which ceaselessly moves with wind uneasily.
The land marks here are far and few but known by those belonging to the nomad bands who freely roam this sea of sand and call it home.
A people fierce and proud and free who guard their secrets ruthlessly.
Intruders are not welcome here; invaders simply disappear.
Their fate is very seldom known, the desert can protect its own
Whole Roman legions were erased their resting place cannot be traced.
The desert knows but will not speak some bones are found by those who seek
to solve the ancient mysteries. Perhaps rewrite the histories.
To validate their theories of how an army disappears.
without a clues as to their fate. A subject open to debate.

The desert sands move constantly, sometimes revealing teasingly
bleached bones and weapons on the sand which scholars strive to understand.
Does it matter anyway? Why do we seek to know today
what happened to the lost legion. Although the legend lingers on.
The desert will not satisfy our burning curiosity
The desert knows but will not share the scholars find this hard to bear.
The desert lands conceal with ease volumes of untold histories.
Which earnest scholars yearn to read, perhaps one day they will succeed.
But until then the burning sun will bake the earth to brown and dun
Maintaining its long secrecy in brooding silent dignity.

30-Dec-08
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COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Thad Wilk 01 January 2009

One day archaeologist's may find out for sure their fate, for this answer we'll just have to - wait... A splendid read Ivor! ! *10*! ! Best wishes & Happy New Year! ! Friend Thad

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Reshma Ramesh 01 January 2009

hmmm thisis deep......the desert, sun, sand, war, weapons.........................thought provoking......well penned sir.........

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