rolling hills of nations past
a golden pedestal sits
fifty feet in the air
dangling from a pretty
golden chain encrusted
with sapphires and pearls
which ancient nations laid
at the king’s almighty feet
the monarchy’s reign vanquished
a crumbling palace remains
looted and left to rot among
footfalls of rolling hills
the golden pedestal remains
tarnished by years of neglect
cradling the idealism
of the precarious king’s nation
which patiently awaits the return
of those lost to precious time
ignoring the hills of gravestones below
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A story which crosses the ages in so few lines and explores, poetically, the vestiges of time–great writing, Sonya.