We #1 An impenetrable fortress Falls Leaving an idyllic world In shambles The city rebuilt Will never be as strong The new walls -- Needed to keep out The savage unknown And therefore Hastily erected -- Are weaker More easily breached Eventually That which is left Is not worth The energy of rebuilding And a once respected citadel Decays Unless The time is taken To prevent new weakness And old faults Are corrected And long-term growth Is placed before Short-term safety But who has time To bother with that? Lynette Yorgey