#harsher

(is this too specific to be allowed?)

And almost all of them had, at the bottom, a door to a special room. Many could come and browse these rooms, but if you spoke with one who held the keys and registered your name and promised to abide by their rules, you could take a seat and join int he conversations. You could submit your drawings and admire the works of others. News and rumous would flourish, sometimes petty squabbles would erupt, and rooms were even carved out for people to simply relax and gossip about whatever.

Sometimes these hallowed halls would crumble to dust. Some still stand, waiting to serve as they have done for decades. 

Cresting on the horizon

The beautiful orange, red and gold

The world breaks into view

Light imbues all it touches

Waking the world, making it feel bold

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Brighter now and harsher

The light remove the dark dank spaces

There is no place to hide

The wide and luminous blaze

Has cleared the shadows from faces

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