Babylon

A description of the fall of Babylon.

Babylon

 

Watch the walls of Babylon
crumble into dust
as her noble echelon
glory's in her lust

 

worshiping the W***e

as the one they trust.

 

Her tall pylons shall be drawn
with an angry thrust
when invaders march at dawn
acting in disgust.

 

Seize her lion's roar

as her gates combust.

 

Her dominion shall pass on
to fates more robust

when we hear that new day yawn
with its mighty gust.

 

Venom at her door

takes her bread and crust.

 

Soon we'll build that paragon
of realms that we must,
one as graceful as a swan,
virtuous, and just.

 

Eaglet wings shall soar.

People shall adjust.

Reviews

[Rene Salinas]

Well I did not know this was here. But ss I had a go at a song lyric entitled Babylon it is refreshing to see that I could be led to this offering. And bearing differences in interpretations and use of language and just about all the individuality aside it is the relevance of this image which is greatly depicted here that is of great importance. As the image has become synonym of the way to live by some. Not even worth it to have to go into showing where the consequences of living like that leads us becuase I think we know it all too well.

I am glad to have been pointed to this writing

It is still standing and holding a lot of relevancy.

Thankyou

[Aethereal]

Thanks for your review, Rene! Hopefully Babylon shall be replaced by a better civilization. If everyone had my mentality, we'd be there already. If everyone had been like me for the last hundred years, there would have been no need for war, no jails, no police, no crazy radical terrorist reducing the Earth to rubble, and so forth. Sometimes I think that the inmates have taken over Insane Asylum Earth, and placed everyone like me into their straight jackets.

[Frontier]

Interesting, I think Babylon is still standing tall, we have yet to grow those eaglet wings, yet to build those graceful paragons. But I think we are getting there.

[Aethereal]

Thanks for your review, Frontier! This is true! We're still live in a dysfunctional world.

[NeiL ArandA]

Wow this piece of yours do have some Biblical significance. The fall of Babylon. It now called the New Revived Roman Empire. It was once the center of persecution for the saints and martyr who were burnt at the stake for their faith.

[Aethereal]

Thanks for our review, Neil! Yes, I based this poem on ancient stories, hopes, and dreams.

[Parsimony]

Noble and condemning. Somehow I feel the last couplet does not fit in as well with the rest.

[Aethereal]

Thanks, Parsimony! Eaglets represent realms which follow the demise of Babylon. The lion represents Babylon.