What words were they
that were lost amid
intolerance’s rage?
Whose verses,knowledge,wisdom
were swept into oblivion
by the fires’ wrath?
A pyre stacked
with a million scrolls
the deeds and glories of Ages past
gone into the long forgetting;
and in the Now and Forever
Hypatia remains exiled
in the garden,
where the Sun refuses to shine.
Evocative and contemplative! A backward glance at a shocking, historical event.
Time to introspect..!
Profound verses.