Your Empire lies in ruins. <br />Your mighty walls are torn down. <br />Your King has been defeated, <br />With no trusted allies 'round. <br /> <br />Your Royal House and Tributaries, <br />And Royal Scepter, which shined as one, <br />Once a beacon to the nations, <br />A light far brighter than the sun. <br /> <br />So strong in all her glory, <br />Envied and feard the kingdoms wide. <br />Oh, the God you mocked in your vanity <br />Has laid waste your countryside. <br /> <br />Your Temple Mount and golden Idols, <br />Which you built above all man, <br />To exalt and glorify you, <br />Now sinks into the desert sand. <br /> <br />The quaking earth and raging sea <br />Hide somber, tragic tales of thee. <br />The alters where you spilled blood on stone, <br />Now lie burried with the sand and bone. <br /> <br />It is over, O' Capernaum. <br />For all the world to see. <br />The God you mocked in your vain pride <br />Has claimed your immortality.<br /><br />Richard D. Remler<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-fires-of-capernaum/
