Our
Yesterday Emperor and Empress
Gone were the days when
emperors ruled and
reigned,
gone were the days
when empress, consorts
held fort for emperors,
gone were the days
when emperor’s
words were edits,
proclamations were laws,
signet rings were
the seals and
symbols of authority.
Gone were the days
when emperors decided
life and death,
gone were the days
when selections were
preferred to elections;
long gone days
when emperors were
anointed, revered,
worshiped;
held infallible and
adopted as God’s
representatives the earth.
Gone were the days
when thrones and
ruler ship passed on
to sons and daughters
without question.
Today in History:
Emperors have become
history,
consigned to yesterday’s
accounts of who ruled
where;
now talk about just on
pages of history books or
manage to find voice
among scholars,
who want to remind
us of yesterday.
Tomorrow in history:
Will there be ruling
emperors again?
Certainly not!
Never again will there be
demigod;
but for certainty, it will
be said
there was a time when
mortals
reigned supreme.
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