Unmourned

After Obadiah 1-3, 15

The eagle’s nest is empty,

abandoned, once a throne,

now dashed among the rocks,

destroyed

A proud place, once, a proud people,

once, but it betrayed the chosen

and earned its fate, even as

lots were cast for the chosen,

defeated

Your circle complete itself:

what you began will be finished

upon your head, the circle of stain,

judged

The chosen will once more

occupy your heights, your nest,

you are destroyed, forgotten,

a whisper of dust upon the wind,

unmourned

Photograph by Ronald Carlson via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.