Illustrious Babylon <br />where are your powers now? <br />city of fame <br />city of gold and silver <br />city of a famous name <br />where are your powers now? <br />city of wonders <br />empire of sin <br />Babylon <br />city of ruins <br /> <br />mighty Babylon <br />city of prowess <br />empire of old <br />empire of supremacy <br />rich with stolen gold <br />where are you now? <br />city of the hanging gardens <br />city holding the righteous captive <br />where are your powers Babylon? <br />city of desolate wastes <br /> <br />ferocious Babylon <br />look out over the valley <br />Cyrus the great of Persia <br />with his army of men <br />and Darius the Mede <br />with his army of men <br />diverting the great river Euphrates <br />and sneaking under your walls <br />your 'impenetrible walls <br />Babylon <br />city of ruins <br /> <br />Where are your powers <br />King Nebuchadnezzar? <br />your colossal gate is open <br />your subjects are drunk <br />drunk with wine and blood <br />unaware of approaching destruction <br />living their normal course of life <br />where are you now Babylon? <br />heaped in ruin and desolation <br />...forever <br />now just a dry desert plain <br />and the wind goes...hush...<br /><br />Allen Steble<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/where-are-your-powers-babylon/
