Alexandria.
Intellectual center of antiquity;
the world ravishes her wisdom.
She enchants foreigners with goods--
always fulfilling, always  
captivating.

Her library...
Scrolls more valuable than silk,
classical minds greater than any god--
she is the world’s finest archive.
I voyaged here to explore her
intrinsic treasure.

Darkness blanketed Alexandria...

I woke to screaming--
smoke, flames, soot.
My eyes met the monstrous attack.
The boiling rage engulfed the Library.
Cries of scholars echoed the city.
Paralyzed--blood runs cold.

Mysterious fate of Alexandria’s athenaeum.
Was it Julius Caesar?
Eternity of wonder, desolation, and sorrow for
the marvel of impossible value.
Lost…
To the hands of flames.