City Revisited

harsh cold wind howls steel gray clouds low over head racing quickly torn to shreds merging coldly into the sea whitecapped waves flung by the wind ice cold spray flung in the sky crashing down upon ancient stone of ruined dock vacant there pitted stone pillars of ancient stone baring lint stones falling down as the wind howls between tearing at banners of what once was empty square of weed choked stones lined by buildings fallen in devoid of people who once were city empty locked-in death long lost road passes by overgrown by lining trees pitted with holes of missing stone a lone traveler passes by traveling on a lost errand cold and wet from passing storm seeking shelter from the cold see no hope in city dead wondering of the city dead lying upon the angry sea lying in death no people there wondering of what once was how did the great city die and stone harbor abandon be what of the people who once here was passing by not knowing why