Urban Lights

Let us gaze for a while at the gaudy urban lights This is what we have come to in our civilization The masses move along in subway cars While limousines containing the more fortunate glide by on city streets How many sunrises will the metropolis see before it is turned to ash or a pillar of salt? The "atom - powered juggernaut" is still operating despite the end of the "Cold War" Terrorists threaten our very existence When they strike they burst open the veneer of safety which with live with Our darkest fears Are now the stuff of daily life! Urban lights Let us hope and pray they keep shining