ET OBSERVABANT CASUS IMPERIUM
This dark shadow on
the world is your greatest fear,
As you watch, look
up, to see death come and rear to flee.
This land is cruel,
You must be strong and
escape the clutch of all that they hath wronged.
This obscured sun is
dark,
Lacklustre of light,
you all take off in fearful flight.
Darkened place hath
no grace, for it is they, that violate my will and that to which, I dedicate.
Embracing and kind to
you,
I hath been. For it
is my nature,
serene, and benevolent,
my people of this
world whom are gravely important.
An eagle I watch.
Looking down, on this
accursed land
to find a way to
escape my celestial body,
the chains that bind
me,
Rendering me
incapable, of intervening to provoke a change, or lending the long-awaited hand
that you seek.
Without fear you must
be,
for I prepare you to
see, what must be done to reach this peak.
I trust in you and
your adamant will, that they be thereupon decimated, your right to life still.
A great many have
fallen to this death-bringer, this hearse,
and as I remain in a
state of safe slumber,
like no other, I see
a bigger picture, a revelation discerned.
I realized soon that
I was blessed with a curse.
Those who hath
fallen.
Those who hath died.
Decide; collapse this
pervasive entity from the core inside.
Looking down from my
throne you act quickly and independently,
for it is I you
disown.
The virus is spreading,
contagious and ready,
to take over this
world and destroy all of my progress, enacting a change that is no longer
steady.
En masse you all move
to the source of your torment and infinite doom.
Celestial spectator of
this event for I am glad,
that you have all
decided to take arms and clad
Yourself in your
protection,
the safety in
numbers.
The comfort that
arises from the community and solidarity, revolution is imminent.
Growing scared,
scared of your might,
collective,
It reaches new
heights that none other hath seen.
My planet is dead.
Environments pillaged
of resources they fed.
Take back what hath
been stolen,
for they require that
which I hath granted before them.
Betrayal of my trust
will only result in
invocation of my
wrath, you people, my ambassadors of death, projected most far.
Tears that I hath
shed:
Waterfalls in my
world now dead.
Therefore I task you
and your companions
to rebuild this world
once the powers hath fallen.
Good riddance to its
dishonesty
for once it hath
fallen, it crashes into the sea and its nefarious will be lost, to the pages of
history.
This saga nears its
end.
As I watch I can see
their agents fall to their knees, which fills me with glee.
Coming into a close
you all besiege
the centre and nexus.
The deplorable evil
and its masters, intrinsic to existence.
As you stand over
these monsters,
these things.
I ask of you to
consider those who hath died
Fighting, to bring an
end to the construction, of an imperium that stretches, till the bells hath
ringed.
Heavenly and
contemporary,
you hath brought
destruction lavishly.
As I cast the moon
across this sky of midnight,
I invite you to take
a step back for from this height you can deduce,
that as you watch the
empire fall,
Sto splendescat in luce.
* Just so you know, the title translates to: "And They Watched the Fall of the Empire," while the final phrase translates as: "I stand brightly in the light."
I hope you enjoyed reading this poem. Personally, as much as I enjoyed infusing the Latin language into the poem at the end as something poignant, especially when considering the imagery implications, the rhyme seemed a little excessive, turning it into a possible rap, which, when read to certain speeds can detract from the message, although this criticism would be better applied to other poems in Distant Lands. Maybe I'm just being too critical, but overall, I liked the story with the background featuring just 'cutout' characters so that readers can grasp the message and make the story specific to an issue in real life, or one that they have had some experience of etc. In any case I hope it did something for you and if you do want to see the whole work, the first post features an embedded link to the Amazon Kindle page.
That's all for now & thanks for reading.
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