Twenty-Two

Music: Prelude in E minor
By Dimitri Shostakovich. Sequenced by J. Marques.

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Twenty-two stands high above a valley Wondering which town will be its own. Each field below is like a vivid dream Nestled by the necklace of a stream, Though distance makes the water still as stone. Years wait, a treasure time will someday tally. There is an unfelt fear that makes one dally, Winds whispering of more than can be known, Of shadows deeper, colder than they seem.