Aldern Gates of Robiloth
Aldern Gates of Robiloth
Written by Tarl Telford
9-04-07
White to red, the wooden spires
Pierced the golden dawn; witness to
Grandeur, sparkling silver doth stream
From towers of polished marble.
Envy of nations, center of all the world -
Riches flowed unto thee through Aldern Gates,
And their rubies dripped like rain.
Smoking pillars ascending heaven’s breath
Shadow the blighted walls, gated still in defiance.
Fourteen generations stained thee; a scourging venom’d tide
That sickened even the endless deep.
Enslaver of nations, despised of all the world;
All nations flowed unto thee, clutching crimson tokens,
And their rubies dripped like rain.
Canst thou not remember
When stone sat upon stone, and life
Gazed upon thee in wonder? Instead,
Butchered, barren plain behind thine aegis borne.
What alien Babylon created thee and built thee up?
Defiant to the last, e’en thy ghosts have been forgot -
Still their rubies drip like rain.