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City of My Heart
I was there.
I watched in agony, the wall comprimised by starving men,
Seeking revenge for a wrong unknown.
I saw the tower taken and turned to serve wrong,
Its noble purpose shamed to weeping submission.
And all the great and holy things accomplished
By ten thousand years of faithful service to a righteous king
Betrayed when nothing could save them.
As poison ran through the innocence
Of my once beautiful city,
Its precious robes cast away,
Now lying naked, fearfully defenseless,
So the majesty of its truth now conquered,
My soul is dead to me, and my heart does not call out
With patient love for life.
But you will never know my shame,
Because your blindness brings you glory.
