The Tapestry of Civilization:
In the cradle where the rivers twined,
Emerged a tale of humankind,
Where sand and stone tell stories old,
Of empires risen, glories bold....
Beneath the stars of Babylon's might,
The ziggurats reached for the night,
With hieroglyphs whispering in the sand,
A language of time crafted by hand...
The Pharoahs dreamed, their shadows long,
Pyramids tall, they stood so strong,
In the heart of the desert, a kingdom's rise,
Guarded by the Sphinx with watchful eyes....
Across the sea where the Aegean gleams,
The Greeks sculpted life from marble dreams,
Philosophers pondered in olive groves,
And the seeds of wisdom were sown in troves...
The Roman legions marched in might,
Spanning the lands, igniting the light,
Their arches bridged valleys and time,
In every conquest, a reason, a rhyme...
Eastward where the Silk Road spread,
Merchants connected, a tapestry thread,
Spices and silks, ideas exchanged,
Cultures embraced, the world rearranged...
And in the heart of ancient China,
Inventions bloomed, wisdom finer,
The Great Wall stood, a sentinel true,
A tribute to strength, its tales still renew...
Through ages past, in a dance of fate,
Civilizations rise, then fade, then wait,
Yet their echoes linger, timeless and free,
In the fabric of history, a shared legacy...
So let us gather, these fragments of lore,
From Mesopotamia to the ocean's roar,
In the mosaic of life, we find our place,
For we are the echoes, the human embrace....
Alakananda
11/12/24
