This majestic fortress
Dreams once lived,
Now is a liquid
Graveyard.
Fortune proved inept
In the wake of
Human anguish.
Boundaries were broken,
Hope was an unadultered
Fantasy of the young.
Still they clung
To a diamond-dusted
Love, and the promise
Of never forgetting.
As Monet’s lilies
Went below the depths
With crystalline souls.