"For nearly 5000 years Ashkelon was one of the great seaports
of the Mediterranean.  By the time she was marked as a 
regional power, the city's final distruction in the Crusades 
was a mere five centuries away."

From the National Geographic Magazine, March 2001

5000 years she reigned
In this aired land
Throne by the sea
Enfolding all into her great port
Power of Mediterrane
Proclaimed piece by piece in mosaic.

All that time she lay
Layer upon layer of
History's wisdom,
Sighs upon size of centuries.
Even then how could she know
Onward Christian soldiers
Would bring her demise
A mere five centuries later.

They say that God is Love
That He holds us
In the palm of
His hand.

But sometimes the back of
His hand
Comes crashing down
On us knocking
The life out of even the
Strongest among us,
Yo no se.