Heartbeats Fossilized in Rose

Heartbeats Fossilized in Rose


In the valley of mountains  
which surrounded loneliest desert of all time  

I am visiting Petra while city glowing at sunset  
with orange pink like bride  

Where Mystery beauty and Shadow of sorrow  
roaming for thousands years  

People abandoned and forgotten  
the rose red city of Petra in the dust of time  

Walk through siq at sunset like fire follow me secretly  

Why I am roaming in the city of resilience  
which covered by time dust without sympathy  

When I reached to Roman theatre  
the scent of history dancing in rose red gown  
with silence in his eyes  

But then I closed my eyes  
and heard wind whispers a story of forbidden love  

Two from rival tribes  
ran in siq to meet  
soldiers came and mountain hold breath  
they prayed rocks hide us  
now they are part of stone  
that is why siq sighs at dusk  

Lost in the treasury and prayed  
the rocks would hide them  

But the canyon closed behind them  
and they become part of the stone  

Petra seems to magical wonderland  
who stood with pride and mysteries in its crown  

Mountain carved and build  
the city of romance and beauty at all  

I came as visitor  
I left with stone in my chest  
and whisper of two lovers  
walking beside me through the siq
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Daniel Avatar
July 31, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Such a sad story of love, but still it lives eternally through your words, Nazia😊
Sultan Avatar
July 31, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Thanks Joanna sad love story with tragic ending in human history is more memorable and become famous due to it's narrative and they have evergreen beauty of traits like sacrifice, patience and determination:)
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