City Lights

City lights What stories do you tell? A lonely woman checking out after a long day of work One last sigh before the light goes out A married couple fighting over the sound of a radio The distress filling the air making everything feel tense But the lights stay on much longer through the night A homeless man sleeps on a bench The street lamp just barely illuminating the snow falling onto the blanket The only thing that is covering him That light doesn’t go out at night, but inside it has A man watches from the top of the city Rich, everything supposedly figured out The light is illuminated But the light inside again, is not The city may appear bright But the darkness lies inside