Claire V. Bogdanos

I left my heart high upon an ancient hill

Oerlooking wide and glist’ning portals of the past

Envisioned splendor though dead yet lingers still

As dreams that fade and hopes that could not last

There azure waves danced mildly on a white and sandy shore

Where echoes of a memory long to be heard forevermore !

Then as I gazed upon those fortresses of old

I trembled with the glory that once had been

Both proud and grand whilst steeped in purpose bold

Sad victim of time’s ravages then unforeseen

There scented breeze played softly through her waning twilight hours

Where shadows of desire lie dormant midst the fading flowers !