Under the Same Moon -In Afghanistan

Here in violence and in beauty, living under the same moon The beauty is so ancient, but the present violence here consumes On one hand Afghanistan is all that it appears Insurgents here are so deadly; through the land they spread fear But a turn of that coin, would reveal a much different side A land which contested the Great Alexander, and ruled by Shahs with pride With its mighty Hindu Kush, and many rivers at hand The graveyard of countless empires, its resistance that spans The brave here fight hard, a fierce gamble, with their inheritance of wealth Battling the Taliban with an opulence of old grit, using the hands they were dealt Keeping Kandahar, Herat, Mazar-i Sharif, and the capital -Kabul Free from tyrannical domination, oppressed by Taliban rule I’m in awe of these courageous Afghans, this country has come far This is the Afghanistan which I see, who else will share where they are? This poem was inspired by "Under The Same Moon" a three way collaboration by Poet Destroyer A, Chris D.Aechtner, and NIKKO P.. Written DEC 2013 in Afghanistan