the empire sleeps

the once mighty empire
now lay in ruins for all to see
visions of what was once
now crushed by the reality

that what once was what
nations and men would envy
is no longer a source of pride
for the fallen empire is me

from shore to shore what was
once vibrant and thriving
is now in pieces of a shell
as I sit here slowly dying

the choice however was up to me
to allow this all to come to be
and what I sowed I now must reap
and let this empire go to sleep