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Sarajevo City of Palaces

SARAJEVO - CITY OF PALACES Each hall in every palace is a death that's been for cen'tries; never ask it why; it leads the hearts of men, in ev'ry breath to join the call to arms, and go to die. and what has led them on is what's been willed to handed down, and what's been going on; the shackles then are forged, the cup is filled to overflowing with each troubled dawn. Why else but Sarajevo is the cause? Division of a way of life they live, if you should ask them why, they say it was, and so it is; it's all that life can give. The beauty that was Sarajevo's charm will come and go with every call to arm. © Ron Arbuthnot aka Ron Wilson

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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Date: 1/18/2015 7:17:00 AM
And so sad, George, that the West still does not even know it died. So much happens in this, one of the most beautiful places on the planet, but we just do not see.
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Date: 1/17/2015 12:13:00 PM
A sad, sullen poem casually reflecting on the mysteries and miseries of life in Sarajevo. Emile.
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