Caroline Cécile Delacroix Poet Quatrain

The Forever and the Relative (Part 2)

Civilizations appeared and disappeared
Empires have risen and fallen 
Their cultures and legends discovered
Left behind for future generations, a token.

To teach us what enriches and what destroys
That those who have gained power by force
Have fallen by the hands of discontent
Leaving behind a culture of fear, that need no encores.

Those who have gained power by wisdom
Have left behind treasures that remained
Revealed in their writings, part of their history
Still inspiring today for our own victories to gain.

What destroys, disappears into relativity
What builds, remains in the heart of humanity
Fear and anger meet relativity
Love and truth meet eternity.

By CarolineCecile
Copyright © 03/28/10

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L'Nass Shango March 30, 2010 at 6:55 AM Truth and light in one place is a token of divine grace ... may you forever shine and write. One love

Gert W. Knop March 29, 2010 at 3:37 AM I am always wondering how genious old civilizations were. Take e.g. the Incas or the old Egyptians, no matter what the sacrifices had been made. I found pieces of broken Roman glass in Israel's desert and fragments of clay pots in the Atacama desert and was wondering about their craftmansship! Lovely poem, gefaellt mir sehr gut und Frohe Ostern!....Gert

Carolyn Devonshire March 28, 2010 at 7:04 PM I loved part one and part two contains even more insight, Caroline. Tonight the History Channel has been showing a special on the Mayans and other vanished cultures that left behind "treasures." From the maps of the ancient seafarers, we learn that civilization has peaked and declined many times, just as the earth itself has changed. Brilliant poem! Love, Carolyn