Home, Divided

Division runs rampant through unity on the breakTorches flare as rage flickers smoldering kindling to flameErupting the perpetual boils that fester beyond infections wakeFearful that lives saved are endangered for propagandas sakeNay, the divisions that split rip to shreds the patriotic fabric Shorn to threads amiable friendships that broach enmityBetween brothers bound by blood sharedBleeding

Ancient Eyes

You know not what lies behind these eyesHollow truths covered with golden gilding Betray my secrets writ large in small printTheir letters tearing through the filigreeMishaping the core of the heart in brailleUntil I become like a crumbling ruinWhose history is impossible to interpretBeing understood by relative anecdotesTo try to explain the why of the

Roma Invicta

Senators tremble at the Emperor’s words People die in a desert named peace Quivering upon bloodied arena sands Romans, whose empire is without end By L.R.Thompson Poetry