Buried Beneath

by Shalemni

Secrets and treasures
Forbidden and alluring
Dangerous and deceptive
Perfect and flawed

Mark and burn
Patience to learn
That which is silent
Buried beneath

Layers upon volumes
Pages upon tomes
Ages and history
Recorded on scrolls

Gathering dust
Upon shelves and tables
Upon mantles and walls
Rotting away

Clear the cobwebs
Scour the grime
Cleanse the memory
Of a jumbled mess

Delve and sort
Sift and search
Through paper and tome
In gutters of stone

There lies the secret
There lies the truth
Half of a whole
Part of the circle

Of ages lain dormant
Forgotten torment
Of death and destruction
In a hostile time