Two Cities
Posted By: A Halo Fan...natic<mikeandrewp@gmail.com>
Date: 18 March 2009, 2:56 pm
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It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.
A city of life; a city of darkness.
It was a city of life, of beauty, of music;
It was a city of fear, of hate, of fight.
It was a city of joy;
It was a city of anger.
A city, nestled in a lush, green valley, with the river carrying life to the ocean.
A city, wrapped in smoke and ash and bare, broken rock and steel.
A city where people walk without fear in the open, where the music plays at each street corner, where the food in the racks is fresh and sweet.
A city where people fight over scraps, hide in the shadows, the only music the cries and wails of the desperate and the sorrowful, piteous and alone.
A city at peace, at city in love;
A city at war, a city in hate.
The fresh breeze; The pall of smoke;
Green grass; Black ash;
Two cities--
One city--
Five years--
At war.
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