La Mort d'Eden by Bailey

La Mort d'Eden

by Bailey (Grade 11)

Finalist in the Concours 2010

 

The people are marching, their will is strong

like waves they crash and drown the monarchy

while Lady Liberty leads them forth

 

The despot quakes in his palace,

his iron fist has broken, and like sands through an hourglass,

the reigns of a nation slip through his fingers.

His Eden has shattered, and

like Adam and Eve, he will surely fall

 

With the Estates no more,

the silver spoons have been melted down

the taste of freedom is on everyone's lips

and the words in their throats are

"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!"

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