apad 21

[bardiphouka]

Over the years the City has blended
outward through the hills,
old homes next to new homes and
the Past comes and goes like
temporal tides of some body of water
unknown and unseen.
Across the hills bricks, rocks,
concrete cover what was
or might have been.

             

Comments

[bluegerl.livejournal.com]

Oh dear Bardi... this is so true. We have a grand city called Nantes just south of me, which has been there since.... then! The great river Loire passes through, and now, what once used to be little rivers flowing in to join her, are now roadways, concreted over, so I can 'drive' down a river! The outskirts are - just outskirts... grubby at the edges, but the glorious lady of Nantes remains clad in her ancient robes, thank goodness. Thank you for reminding me. Tis so long since I visited her.