A Mountain and City

There is a mountain and a city.  The mountain is the star and the city the backdrop.

Above all is the mountain's peak; ascending out of the mountain base the city is high too, but less so.

Solitude is up there if you seek it. Down here?  No time for that.

Paths run through, up and down the mountain with hidden trails for all.  Boulevards, streets and alleyways grid my city too, but they aren't for me or you, so much.

Even the air is better up there, except when the city makes it sick.

But.

Sparkling at night the city shines!  The mountain must too, and was thus stabbed with a tower that now hypnotizes the city bats with brilliant LED hues...