my roman ruins

my roman ruins

 

you are my rome,

all roads lead home to you

 

the ruins of my destruction

on the rounding patchy earthen grounds

strewn with stiff marble columns

that have long ago cracked and crumbled

and into several broken pieces

by the hand of a violent man

 

signs of the holy catholic trinity

stand everywhere

yet there's no holy space 

where I find the comfort that I need

to rest my weary head

 

bleached bones and skulls

with sullen hollow spaces

hide in deep tunnels under the ground

continue to haunt me in my sleep

as the towering roman aqueducts

remind me of the mighty powers

that fell from grace years ago

 

the via appian way spreads

far and wide to many places

destroying forces that

blocked their armies way

on its broken bricked path

I trod through my sunny days

and my dark lonely nights

 

yet no matter how hard I fight

to move my sandaled

feet far away from you

my warped brain keeps

directing it's seizing waves to

cherished memories of your

youthful tanned roman face

 

 

 

Reviews

[Minki]

I like how you compared the Roman ruins to past relationships. It's a depressing thought that everything leads back to the past, that you can never completely forget and overcome something that happened so long ago. The imagery in this poem makes it easy to visualize the ruins and being drawn back to them.

[Mauricio Montoya]

The one thing I could think of as I read was the coliseum, which in it self had a violent pass. Even the catholic in that time they executed people in the name of religion so where’s the compassion. How can a person or peoples be that evil, that is something I will never comprehend.
Great job, well done.

[Wolfwind Words]

While the sorrow and pain drips through this like rain. The words you've spun are beautiful and elegant upon the page. The imagery and it's connection to the emotions worked really well.

A wonderful Tapestry written here! Hugs!
Wolfie

[deeps]

I like this, i tought this was very well written.

[Marie Harrison]

This is a story poem about how all thoughts, actions and everything leads back to a past relationship. Being trapped in a world where everything always leads back to that special time. But that world is over and all of it's promises for a glorious future have been doused by the present day's tepid water.