Industrial Ruins

 

Blackened brick and smoke-killed walls.

Looming chimneys that shout to the sky,

The stunning silence, the industry falls

The tumble-down buildings so gracious and high.

 

Towering like a once majestic king

Lost all glory now, but not its gracious strand

All are in awe, for this sight, inspiring

To bystanders, is a relic to our once prosperous land.

Now our prestigious past is desolate and dead

And glass from shattered panes guards the ground.

Quite soon, this piece of history, gone from overhead

Will be lay as rust and rubble all around.

 

© 2016 Nikki King