Babylon

Words hold the meaning that we assign them Ever since the fall of the tower ..... Babylon Ancient land of mysteries solved and shared Where collective mind cast away the shadow of doubt. Creative thought held siege by the Jealous Gods of war and retribution Zeus Appolo Yeshua A hundred times, babylon fell to the Kassites, the Assyrians, She fell and was re-built by Nebuchadnezzar The hanging gardens, of Eden her fruit of art and music flowed through deserts with the sweet wine of Bacchus intoxicating all in her pleasure. In the aftermath of the great feast they awoke to find The Persian army stationed amidst them having walked through the river and under the walls. Order reform, separation. corruption deterioration Dust to dust. till Alexander the Great wooed her alive again.. Babylon dancing through gardens, libraries, markets, travel and trade musicians, poets and playwrights came again to sing praises of her beauty. With his death she fell pawed apart by the feuding decay of his bureaucrats. Babylon, death and rebirth.. Now she lies beneath the sands, beneath the waters of the Euphrates A camel ride south of Bagdad where the tanks and shells of many lands shake the ancient tower down. Hammurabi’s code still stands shattered into a million languages. Right is right and Law is Law.