Spreading through the soil
they wait for that moment.
Now is that time!
To engage in selfless toil.
Creeping in one by one
into the monumental structure
it is now their dinner!
Nobody saw them get in
No one had watched their work booming
Nobody had any idea of their plans.
Web of disease engulfing body and mind
Guardians turning fickle leaving a culture eroded.
Wrongs not undone but stay to be the new rights.
Alarms not raised nor questions asked
as the edifice transforms into an anthill.
Can the aching heart anymore expect a revival?
Termites swarm on the remains
of pillars that had long held high
the wonders of wisdom and passion
once the world’s treasure chest
now stolen by trustees of era next.