No, Diaspar, you weren’t always thus,
The world was huge, the Universe was bright,
The stars were warm, they were awaiting us
And we were young and ready for a fight.
No, Diaspar, before the walls were built
Your shining ships have reached across the void,
You didn’t know fear or doubt or guilt;
But then you were attacked. You were destroyed.
No, Diaspar. The tombs of Shalmiran,
The relics of the long-forgotten war,
Don’t mark the field from which the foe has ran
But left us locked inside forevermore.
No, I'm afraid that you have lied to us
For, Diaspar, you’ve been forever thus.
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Vadim Kagan
I believe that each day is a blessing, every story is amazing and all poems should rhyme!
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These are the sorts of lines they'll be reading in literature classes a hundred years from now, wondering what a beautiful and torn world we people of the previous century must have lived in. Forever out of my reach, and perhaps that's why I love it so much. Well done.