BRIAN & ANGELA

DESOLATION ONE ~ A Sonnet

I hesitated to go back 

To the Old City ~ not knowing

What I might find there ~ so many years

Had now passed since my last visit 

Communication was good at first

Letters from MITHRAS by mule train

Messages from travellers ~ then NOTHING  !

 

It had been nigh on forty years now

Except for snippets from unknown sources.

When I reached CARPACE ~ I had doubts 

And thought of turning back ~ but instead

I pressed on 50 miles ~ my horse heavy

 

From a distance ~ it looked idyllic

But nothing prepared for the DESOLATION !

 

Thanks for visiting ~ Comments welcome ~ Love to all BRIAN

 

DESOLATION 2 WILL BE POSTED TOMORROW ~ BRIAN