The Empty Fort
July 11, 2008
The Empty Fort
Dark are the stones of this fort,
Dark they become in time’s cruel games,
Some stone couldn’t stand the test of time,
And on the ground they have fallen, long time back.
Once the fort guarded lives of dreams,
Now it stands as a monument of those dreams,
Dreams that outgrown time, Yet still lingered,
All around the fort, invisible, yet heartfelt.
What magnificence once filled this fort,
Greatness never feared to distinguish,
But those who never felt the greatness,
All from the forces from outside extinguished.
Though the fort stands empty from inside,
The lingering air, the very air one breathe,
Fills in those great feelings so wonderful,
But succumb to the understanding,
All that felt, just a waste of time.
July 29, 2009 at 7:32 am
could i use this poem for a post that I am to write about a fort in Goa?
November 22, 2009 at 4:37 am
I don’t really check the comments so It took this much time to respond. Anyway… if you want you can use the poem on one condition, you give credits to me as the author and give a link to this poem in your post.
Thanks.
November 5, 2009 at 8:00 am
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