As History Laughs (+1)

Kurt Philip Behm

The Citizens danced

  Romulus cried

 

Centurions posed

 in Legions wide

 

“The world is ours”

  they said in glee

 

“And death to those

 who don’t concede”

 

The past unyielding

 future loaned

 

The present flew

 like David’s stone

 

Their party ending

 candles burnt

 

With spoils poisoned

 lessons spurned

 

And history writes

 that in a day…

 

What once was Rome

 was cast astray

 

Whose legend carved

 in stone reminds

 

What young Narcissus

 hoped to find

 

The glory that once

 ruled the world

 

Now left in rubble

 myth unfurled

 

As time awaits

 to stalk our path

 

That wolf inside

 —as history laughs

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2018)

 

Our Heritage Dies

 

We’re losing America

 while losing our minds

 

Our spirits in hiding

 our souls hard to find

 

The nation in freefall

 all fingers to point

 

One side at the other

 common values disjoint

 

We’re losing America

 in front of our eyes

 

A narcissists poison

  our heritage dies

 

Each part is now greater

 than the sum or the whole

 

What our patriots died for

 lost, forgotten—untold

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2018)

 

  • Author: Kurt Philip Behm (Offline Offline)
  • Published: October 31st, 2018 02:12
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  • Kurt Philip Behm

    Thanks

    • Laura🌻

      You’re welcome!

      • Laura🌻

        I accidentally deleted my comment to your poem!

        Suffice to say that I liked the subject mattter...
        Sono anche io una Romana!

      • Kurt Philip Behm

        'Grandine Caesar'

      • Laura🌻

        Kurt,

        Spot on with
        •“Our Heritage Dies”•
        Your words have expressed my sentiments!

        I’m truly saddened by what is presently happening!

        ~Laura~


      • Kurt Philip Behm

        And we can't blame it on the kids. It's the 50 and over set that are
        mainly to blame.

        We need—and have needed—term limits for the longest time.

        • Laura🌻

          I’m in total agreement with term limits!



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