Author's Notes:This is a tribute to the movie Gladiator, a poem based on the lines 'There once was a dream that was Rome; you could only whisper it. Any more than a whisper and it would vanish.', said by the character Murcus Aurelius Please note that it's not in the poem, just based on it

Disclaimer:I own nothing but this small poem.

There Once Was A Dream

There once was a dream that was Rome

You could only imagine it

Any more and all hopes would be gone

There once was a dream that was Rome

You could only whisper it

Any more and it would vanish, blown away by the wind

There once was a dream that was Rome

You could see it all around you

Every street, every statue, but so fragile, like a dream

There once was a dream that was Rome

Its marble and people realized

Thriving, working, happy , and fighting

There once was a dream that was Rome

Now standing strong

With all its people and lands, like a giant

There once was a dream that was Rome

Addicted to the sound of battle

Its beating heart now the sand of the Coliseum

There once was a dream that was Rome

Its many enemies now dulling its sword

The thriving energy that filled it depleted

There once was a dream that was Rome

Now toppled and burning

Buried in the pages of history, its true memories forgotten

There once was a dream that was Rome

Seen, but not re-enacted

For they are scared to repeat history