Conflagration - Library Of Alexandria Poem by Joseph S. Josephides
Conflagration - Library Of Alexandria
Given my numerous skills, they asked me
what kind of profession do I choose,
with what salary, in which working period,
et cetera, et cetera…
While I was sleeping during the night,
I felt that my angel woke me up and said:
'When you left, I told them the truth.
I declared, for your part, that
your soul orders you to become:
The Chief of Fire Fighting Force of Alexandria
with power, shouting out, ordering combat of fire
in that day of the disgraceful conflagration,
or, at least, an ordinary fire fighter,
with a heart like a pump made of steel,
with fireproof hand-palms
or, after all, a teacher with his pupils
of that school near the Library of Alexandria
who happened to water the gardens and saw the fire
and then run breathless with buckets in hands
to combat and save in advance…”
© JosephJosephides
If only you could have been there to save all the wisdom for all of mankind, our world would be so much richer for the saving. Well written ten for the thought and ten for the writing. Bob
A great loss to human endeavour, and the wish for a bucket of water, , well in our efforts to save the humanity we should chip in whatever we can do, , , , , a historic event with a modern refernce, , my 10 for it
Firefighting is definitly a worthy cause and would be a worth the time and effort to go into, however you would need a good amount of courage to go with that! ! Thank you for sharing Phebe
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That terrible and ruthless conflagration of the Library of Alexandria has always concerned me, fire destroying the ancient knowledge of human kind put together for centuries. Unfortunately, shameful looting of Iraq's national museum in Bagdad comes to my mind when the invaluable historical treasures of the ancient Mesopotamia, Sumer and Babylon, were stolen right in front of the 'liberators' of the Iraqi nation. I give 10 to this great write, thanks for sharing