The Treaty

A century of musings 
condemnation, consternation 
through the annals blood flows
as mighty as the Thames

Heavy lays history's hand
upon whom the dye is set
for dreams that yield before a need
haul heroes towards its murky depths

Patriots much maligned but brave
as towering mandates cast your doom
perfidious but shrewd your foe
the trap was set as Dev well knew

Much now differs on this isle
it's contrasts carved from darker days
a century falls, the wheels still turn
for in the shadows much remains.