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kaanibaa
United Kingdom
1169 Posts |
 Posted - 07 Apr 2009 : 00:24:36
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Castles
Built on hope
To display might
Or dispel foes
Lay in ruins
Relics of the glorious past
Now the shadows of their magnificence
Saddled with burdens
Those that drag one down
The battle ramparts agape
From the wounds of wars fought
Fraught with stories of victory
Shrouded with memories of defeat
The heroes long gone
Have their names carved in rocks
That they may be remembered there
Fort Bullen and Jame's
Saw the passage of triumphant souls
Some though had their's fettered
Bound and gagged in cargo ships
Sent to a distant land
As bondsmen to work
Woe betide the unwary
Who strays too far into the jungle
A sure route to perdition
Witnessed by Kunta and other souls
While they sit silent today
The castles of yore
Played hellish roles
No wonder they keep so mute
Guilty of hurting so many before
Now they bury their heads in shame
As their records keep being read
On the banks of the Kambi Bolong
Sang by griots of McCarthy too
Blaming no one at all
For the acts committed then
Just recounting what was seen done
Many rains ago
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