Verses before the ruins of 16th century Bacarra belfry (Bacarra, Ilocos Norte)

Tower of Babel, biblical but true;

lofty Eiffel will have its time, too.

Dr Abe V Rotor

Tower of Babel, biblical but true;

lofty Eiffel will have its time, too.

stairway to heaven is man's dream

the god in him to claim God's realm.

The sun peeps behind this huge tower

once proud in its prime;

I can not wait nor my children can

to see it succumb in time.  

 

Where have all the faithful gone?

The prayerful old and young;

pilgrims come one by one

to fill the emptiness of time.

History marks the march of time

in events big and small

by the hand that holds the pen 

and the magic crystal ball.