F​inding Beauty in Brutal Places (Afghanistan taken over by Taliban again 8/17/2021)

Shelter from dirt and cinders  
Against polluted skies  
In cosmopolitan cities 
Where cars zip and whiz 
With no care of crashes  
Or harms done 

Soaring sanctuaries with minarets  
Composed from craggy crevices 
Centuries old subsisting 
In knowingness 
Of truth and light 
And all things brutal