Monuments

I dreamed of spires

Pillars by a dome

Columns with Corinthian

Capitals in Rome

I dreamed of chimes

Built as a roof

Gilded with gold

On a tower aloof

I dreamed of a city

Carved out of stone

Its rivers glistened

As I crossed them alone

I dreamed of pyramids

A riddle was asked

Where is my answer?

The cipher is masked

I dreamed of a bridge

On which I sighed

And when it crumbled

I knew my dreams had lied