charloft 100 drabbles - 62. City
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A lone figure paused as he shaded his eyes from the burning sun. In the distance, he could see the outline of what appeared to be a great metropolis. However looks were often deceiving.
It had indeed been a thriving city, once upon a time. Now there was nothing left but the skeletal remains of a once great civilization. Like so many others before, it had crumbled to dust under the weight of man’s ambitions.
The old priest gazed for several moments at what had been lost, and then slowly moved on towards a new future still to be found.
A lone figure paused as he shaded his eyes from the burning sun. In the distance, he could see the outline of what appeared to be a great metropolis. However looks were often deceiving.
It had indeed been a thriving city, once upon a time. Now there was nothing left but the skeletal remains of a once great civilization. Like so many others before, it had crumbled to dust under the weight of man’s ambitions.
The old priest gazed for several moments at what had been lost, and then slowly moved on towards a new future still to be found.