STORIES AND VOICES
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Safe Harbor
I climbed the solemn slabs of stone
Ascending toward the marble throne
The mantle of the sky hung low
A muffling cloak of silence
With measured metronomic step
I rose up to the temple lip
To gaze upon magnificence
On majesty and greatness
Inside the hallowed sacred chamber
I stood, like those of countless number
Contemplative, listening
To distant noble echoes
Staring upward, awed with wonder
I heard a sound, a gentle flutter
And soft unholy mocking cry
Intruding on perfection
When the culprit there I spied
My eyes, astonished, opened wide
"What blasphemy!" I nearly cried
What insolence! What madness!
There beneath the words engraven
A demon perched in newfound haven
A thoughtless cruel and heartless heathen
Desecrating history
And yet our leader, unperturbed
Sat still and uttered not a word
Gave refuge to a tiny bird
Who'd never known his name
After long reflective thought
My anger died, at last went out
I understood just what had
Played so clearly out before me
Even dead a hundred years
A kindly heart can persevere
Give home to beast, give calm to fears
Give hope to men forever
Rising Sun
by BooHa
