Yerebatan Saray

echoes ring in faint obscurity droning churns the shadows still a merchant carriage passes unknowingly upon cobbled streets above as centuries are born and vanquished Corinthian columns stand immovable emerging from the stagnant depths relics in exile from temples and forums brought to buttress the vaulted ceiling of the cistern since forgotten pinned upon the chamber floor beneath lifeless blackened water Medusa peers into nothingness blank eyes fixed forever upon oblivion her screams unheard by the city above