Pompeii

Tragic is the end of Pompeii

Incarcerated in molten graves

The once thriving elitist lifestyle ended

Now in quietude they lay

And the culture that they created swept away

All bow heads and mourn for Pompeii

Nobody and nothing deserves to die that way

Mothers children and fathers had no chance of escape

As the lava flowed down the mountain side

They must have known in that moment they would die

Many just waited, many just cried

No where to run no where to hide

Nature for a change wrought human genocide

So spare a thought for the people of Pompeii

Silently sleeping in their molten graves.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018



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Date: 5/5/2018 6:42:00 PM
Hello Wade Fauxcroft, Pompeii, I remember it well. I had a tour there back in the 70's. It was such an interesting tour, I wanted to see it all.I was so intrigued with the tour, i wondered off and got lost. I had to follow another tour guide to get back to the bus. have a nice evening my friend.
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Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 5/6/2018 11:40:00 AM
Your welcome my friend. Have a nice day my friend.
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Fauxcroft Wade
Date: 5/6/2018 4:48:00 AM
Thank you very much for reading and appreciating
Date: 5/5/2018 11:02:00 AM
Brilliantly penned Fauxcroft, I achieved a bucket list ambition last year and visited Pompeii but I actually preferred Herculaneum which was far better preserved:-) hugs jan xx
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Date: 5/5/2018 10:20:00 AM
Awesome poem. Well penned, Fauxcroft.
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Fauxcroft Wade
Date: 5/5/2018 11:28:00 AM
Thank you that means a lot coming from yourself.
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