The city skyline across the 

sea flared 

as if the water 

was ablaze. 

We looked, 

not that we knew it was a city, 

for we had never 

seen such frivolity glow and serenade 

the night air like so. 

Our air 

was filled with smog 

and 

would never be clean, 

not even the sharpest of bleaches would relive it 

from its state. along with our hands

 it was dry also

 and made our lungs 

wheeze with the 

need of 

moisture.