"Your Empire"

Watch it crumble to the ground
As the cornerstone falls from beneath your feet.
Watch your castle turn to ash
As you can only stand in hopeless defeat.
Let the guilt just sink in
As slowly you realize what you've done.
Let your armor fall apart
As you lose the game you had thought you'd won.
Stare in silence at the rubble
As you start in vain to try and rebuild.
Look in horror all around you
As you finally see all the dreams you've killed.
Reach out and stumble to the floor
As your hand has nothing left to grasp
Reach out again and wonder how
As your reality becomes mine at last.
Run faster and never reach your goal
As your eyes open to see the path you've taken.
Run slower to try and turn around
As you figure out, finally, you were mistaken.
Just watch as I turn away from you--
As I rise from the ruin you've made so neatly.
Watch and regret as your empire dies--
As I leave you behind and move on completely.