Monumental Poem by Christopher Tye

Monumental

Monumental endeavours of effort,
Old ruins of lost empires and lives,
Neoclassical follies nodding to the past,
Utopia's lost to time standing as ruins,
Mighty ancient cities and temples,
Egypt's great archaeological remains,
New York's Ground Zero a monument to freedom,
The treasures of Babylon looted and scattered,
All through history humanity trying to build monumentally,
Look at what we can achieve if given a chance.

By Christopher Tye