In Reverence of the Ancients

Forgotten memories buried deep In unconscious places in the dark Long ago passed on from this world Their legacies, slowly fading away Silhouettes in the distant past Of such powerful understanding and strength Empty hollow shells remain standing Silent in their untold secrets Ancient societies crushed in their prime And we still don’t know why Cataclysmic destruction Raging fire for days without end And the power to still oceans In the hands of children who think themselves gods The evidence of higher ancient knowledge Carved upon the world so long ago So people pray to their empire And they beg for their safety But the illusion is a fleeting one Beautiful ways of life have all burned to ash Walls crumble, books decay and people die Concepts of thought distort from through inferior minds If we are to learn anything from the past It’s that everything turns to ruin in the end