The streets at night 
Category: Writing and Poetry 

The streets at night
Are teaming with motion
Like schools of fish
Out in the ocean
Under bright neon lights
Nameless faces passing
Blinkers are flashing
Steam rising from below
I skip through the streets
Light footed
Lonliness grips me as I wait
You appear
You take my arm
We walk off together
I am no longer alone
We drink
We dance
My heart takes a chance
We take a trolly car
Ding, ding, ding
Ride the bus
Hop off on the street
All eyes on you and me
The smell of the curb
The dust and exhaust
Wandering around
Getting lost in the crowd
Minstrel shows playing
Poets are saying
My heart is swaying
Towards you my love
A homeless man approaches
Alms for the poor
Use it on drugs
That's for sure
But that's not where I'm at tonight
I seem to be doing alright
With my lady fair
And when the skies turn blood red
And the mountains fall into the sea
My love shall forever be there
For you my love
For you
I shall defend our honor
And I shall never surrender
The love you give
Is sacred
But your tolerance
Can only go so far
At some point
You let me out of your car
I'm back on the streets
With the homeless man
The wind is blowing
Today's newspapers
Along the sidewalk
There's nobody around now
It's getting dark out
My heart lies cold
Not even a burning ember
Such heights I reached
Such lows
Yet somehow I know
That I never intentionally hurt you
And that has to count for something
The balance of karma shall one day visit me
My true desire shall one day come true
But I will always think of you
And those brightly clored streets at night
When my heart took flight
With you my love
With you