Do you remember the fanfare and triumph
That was in Rome's glory days?
Do you remember the battles always won
When your fathers fought?
Do you remember the strong Roman Empire
When it spread across the continent?
Do you remember?

Do you see the backstabbing and strife
Now reigning in the government?
Do you see the bodies of friends on the fields
Left from a battle lost?
Do you see the greatness of our nation
Slowly crumbling to a memory?
Do you see?

Do you imagine a world that is barren
Of the sounds of Roman life?
Do you imagine a time when our great battles
Are only dull words of history?
Do you imagine a time when our country
Is fallen and forgotten?
Do you imagine?

A 16 year old friend of mine wrote this.

My friend told me to mention that what you read there is the rough draft, and is not in it's final form yet.