Earthquake

The city prisons shake.

The sidewalks crack

As the rocky layers of earth beneath shift.

What has been for years is destroyed crack by crack and plate by plate.

The dusk is melting away, making room for a new Dawn.

No mortal can hold it back.

It's coming

and they know it

It's everywhere

It's in the air

People breathe it in

The words of the people tremble-

their march becomes bloody

Yet their voices rise still

Chanting the words

justice and peace.

Using their words as weapons-

For it is the trembling words that cause

the shaking of the earth.

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