Memory in Stone

Posted on September 19, 2015 by

2 Comments

venice- steps in shadow

time, fashion and rulers
march on, change and die
held back, worn stone
keeping secrets in shadows
blood, washes away
bodies given burial
yet the flag and cobble remains
worn, scratched, chipped
by boot, blade, spear and dagger
a mute spectator to
human brutality and compassion alike
to know their language
is to know us

Picture and Poem (c) 2015 by DC Lessoway

Category: Italy, poem, poetry, TravelTags: , , , ,

2 Comments on “Memory in Stone”

Leave a Reply

Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:

Gravatar
WordPress.com Logo

You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Google+ photo

You are commenting using your Google+ account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Twitter picture

You are commenting using your Twitter account. ( Log Out /  Change )

Facebook photo

You are commenting using your Facebook account. ( Log Out /  Change )

w
Cancel

Connecting to %s

About DC Lessoway and contact
%d bloggers like this: