What does history hold
With holes in stories told
Who was there as witness
To have seen with sight as proof
Who wrote the books of time gone by
And stood on neutral ground to profess
Shattered colosseums, and headless statues
Gaps in stories told
Effort made to hold on to time
Archaeology and preservations
Building stabilisers to hold
Unto crumbling stands
Until the next craze
To clear intention of directions off
What does history hold
With holes in stories told
With old Aztec buildings
That mounts the mystery of time
cool ....and do we ever truly know the past or do we sometimes feel from the atmosphere that surrounds a place ....thank you for sharing
ReplyDeleteah you bring to life all the questions that ran through my mind in pondering the picture...how much has been lost to time...
ReplyDelete"until the next craze..." such seems the way of things. Especially like how you question who was there. Makes me think of history maintaining the often unstated views of those attempting to preserve it. Thought-provoking interpretation of the photo.
ReplyDeletei like that you took this back to the old actecs..i'm a big fan of history and think we should learn from it but never try to maintain or stay there..
ReplyDeleteBrilliantly prosed... love the questions.
ReplyDeleteYou rock in your poetry...
ReplyDeletewalk the past