Towers of Glittering Gold and Marble

  • White-Gold Tower, imposing as ever; Yet it's master has crumbled, like the one before; And none shall rule its halls again. Aylied, Imperial. Septim, Mede. Titles given to weak leaders who sought change. Tiber and his conquests; Long, bloody, brutal. Death for unification. Mede tried to rise to the levels of Septims before. War. Famine. Lake Rumare becomes a pool of blood and tears. The Aylieds and their arrogance. Grand, ancient, wise. Slavers and scholars, fallen as those who came after. The Thalmor feign ruling from the shadows. They rule themselves, nothing more. Propaganda. War. Purge. The day will come where the only towers left Are the mountains themselves, eternally majestic. Will men and Mer then live 'neath the peaks? No, for on that day Men and Mer shall crumble, As their Empires and Towers before them.

Comments

12 Comments
  • Cinae
    Cinae   ·  February 28, 2016
    This a lovely poem. You put everything together really well. I really liked the lines about the Ayeleids. It fits them perfectly. I hope you write more poems.
  • Lyall
    Lyall   ·  February 28, 2016
    Yes! I actually told Sotek, in the feedback thread, that a poem event would be cool, and he said he would think about it, so there's hope!
  • Sindeed
    Sindeed   ·  February 28, 2016
    Maybe if this swarm of poems continues, The hosts will start #amop! 
  • Lyall
    Lyall   ·  February 27, 2016
    A short story? Do it!
  • Accursed
    Accursed   ·  February 27, 2016
    A rep for poems? And I'm the guy who hated writing poetry until last year! But truly, thanks guys. And Axius, that may be inspiration for a quick short story...
  • The Long-Chapper
    The Long-Chapper   ·  February 27, 2016
    Yay! More poems. This one was very beautiful too. 
  • zenc0x
    zenc0x   ·  February 27, 2016
    This is Too Deep!!!!!
  • Sotek
    Sotek   ·  February 27, 2016
    You're getting a bit of a rep for poems Accursed. keep up the great work.
  • Justiciar Thorien
    Justiciar Thorien   ·  February 27, 2016
    You all underestimate the foresight of the Aldmeri))
  • Sotek
    Sotek   ·  February 27, 2016
    See! Running about the plains, biting and snarling ha it's upsides... No crumbling empires there to deal with.