“Baptism in Dresden”   You were bathed In history Before You were bathed In fire.   Now you are A city Unstuck in time.   The art of the ages Fills your halls And galleries Like beautiful mutes, Staring unflinchingly…

Prague stretched in all directions–modern apartment buildings, church spires, older buildings that reminded me a Vienna, and a massive television tower that threatened to puncture the sky itself.

I wondered how much of a place we take with us and how much of ourselves we leave. I’m not sure what the answer is, but I can say that it was one hell of a day.