Fallen Castles

by Shawn Smith - December 1, 2004

The castles of strongmen have all been torn down

All their grandiose visions are mere hollow sound

The sun has set on the empires of yore

All of the mighty are mighty no more

And so from these words take a lesson my friend

Things with a beginning also must end

The guns are ablazin'

The rhetoric high

The hubris is stinking to the heavens on high

But just like the pharaoh's in many times past

God will destroy them, and they will not last.