Ancient Scrolls

pediments carve out the sky

like paper dolls

library windows

peek into trees

and crumbling stones

chipped steps

genuflect before

Corinthian columns

the leaves’ delicate lace

long forgotten

marble sentries

watch floods of foreigners

come to gawk

at the lone wall

famous for its longevity

the façade towers over Ephesus

a beacon for bibliophiles

who seek connections

to their past

before books were leaves

sewn and bound