Urban Beauty
Loveliness and brokenness define what it means to be urban
Jagged lives sit cheek by jowl with places made smooth by the haphazard twists of being human
Battered mentors persuade others that dreams are at the end of uneven pathways
Hopes fade as schemes fail and professionals who are to be with you always fall victim to another cut
Rumours of resurrection abound but disappear when the mists of the morning reveal the drab dreariness of life
Yet, in the green shoots between the cracks in paving stones and the smile of a youth to someone who is older, there is the strength to carry on.
Michaelmas 2012
lurchersontheedge 
In “the smile of a youth to someone who is older” (and vice-versa), sadly, there is also danger: witness Stammers & Forrest, alas 😦 … not entirely sure about the green shoots between the cracks in the paving stones, either, unfortunately: people trip on uneven paving stones. Sorry!
On a more positive note: in the rainbow after the storm, there is hope.