Tu Es Romam

I am a lover of the Empire

You are Rome

You are tan suncracked skin holding vibrant

blood in the way the walls once held people

You are Rome

You are corners I will never turn, you are faces

I will never see, you are secrets I will never hear

You are Rome

You are antiquated beauty with a million

stories to tell to a million people who 

will listen

You are Rome

You are Rome and I will only love you

through fragmented murals of who

you used to be

You are the Empire

 personified

You are the Empire 

resurrected

You are the Empire 

and you will never die

You are Rome and I am a fool for having 

fallen in love with history. 

You are the city 

I bleed for. 

Tu es Romam, et semper amatus 

es a mea; tu es Romam, 

et semper amaberis a mea.

Tu.

Es.

Romam.

Author's Note

For those of you who have spent your time in fields other than learning dead languages, here's some translations.

Tu es Romam- You are Rome
Tu es Romam et semper amatus es a mea- You are Rome and you have always been loved by me
Tu es Romam et semper amaberis a mea- You are Rome and you will always be loved by me.

Reviews

[Mark]

I didn't think Latin was taught anymore! Great work, one that speaks to me as I've always loved reading about history and certainly the Roman Empire is rooted deeply in not only western culture but in most of the world's culture as well.

[Mother Maggie]

Beautiful work. Rome, the colossus that spanned the known world--the memory that reaches through antiquity to ignite the passions of a millennia. You almost make me see her as a woman of ultimate desireability yet forever to remain out of reach.

[Oceana]

I think you get it the most, here. It eventually evolved, but when I first sat down and started writing this, it was about a person. Thank you :)

[icelandicblue]

This is beautiful. It almost feels like a prayer. There is a reverence and solemnity that I find quite appealing.

[Oceana]

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it.

[Angi]

Rome is on my bucket list. What an amazing sight she must have been in the beginning! I am a history buff, what stories she must long to whisper. I noticed one misspelling in the 3rd stanza. Did you mean stories instead of stores?

[Oceana]

I did! Thank you so much! And, as always, thanks for the review :)

[Angi]

My pleasure, Oceana!

[Coyote Poetry]

A beautiful poem for the old city. I roamed Rome a few times in the late seventies. A city with so much to see and do. I like your description. Giving life and beauty to her. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Oceana]

Glad you liked it. Thank you