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A Little Roman Girl

March 7, 2014
By PopeHarvey BRONZE, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
PopeHarvey BRONZE, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
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Favorite Quote:
"Commit the newest sins in the oldest kinds of ways" -William Shakespeare


A little Roman girl watches the fire from a distance.
The men strive to put it out, but lack proper equipment.
And so it burns.
Her civilization’s greatest achievement
Crumbles into ashes.
The library.
And as each book burns
Souls shoot out in every direction.
Because as the documents die
Their existence
Dies with them.


The author's comments:
A poem about the loss of understanding and knowledge about a past civilization due to manmade disasters.

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