City Lights Shining

From my window 
I see lights 
in small apartments 
How are the inhabitants lives going,
I wonder 
Perhaps they have found love 
Here in the metoroplis 
Urban dwellers
need love to survive
In the asphalt jungle 
Hundreds, thousands of lights shine
in the metropolitan darkness
Lives are being lived 
by my fellow citizens
on this third planet from the sun
Personally, I hope all 
goes well for my fellow urbanites 
Live rumbles on beneath and above the 
sidewalks of Gotham - the home of a million stories
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Laurie Avatar
August 30, 2019 at 8:52 PM
Hello Michael … a picture of the concrete jungle way of life - well done - Lindsay
Anish Avatar
August 31, 2019 at 12:08 PM
Thanks for your kind words. The name is Matthew - not Michael, however. Peace & Love Matthew Anish
Sands Avatar
August 29, 2019 at 3:32 PM
Well done. You brought me to the city and I am not there often :)
Romios Avatar
August 28, 2019 at 1:12 PM
Mathhew, you remind me of my days in San Francisco in the seventies. It was a sane and safe city back then. And I also womdered in those apartment windows about the inhabitants. The last thing I ever thought about it was it being a jungle. Chicagio,yes!SF was more like magical gems. Panagiota
Anish Avatar
August 29, 2019 at 5:45 PM
I went to San Francisco many years ago and thought it was beautiful. How safe I don't know. Glad you liked my poem! Peace & Love Matthew Anish
Kiser Avatar
August 27, 2019 at 3:48 PM
I love the smooth read of this piece. Well penned.
Onclaud Avatar
August 26, 2019 at 2:20 PM
enjoyed the deep mood and diction of this piece, matthew... huggs
Marcum Wong Avatar
August 25, 2019 at 7:18 PM
There is such an exciting pulse to a big city that you can feel the vibrations of all the thoughts with their emotions. Excellent Matthew! : ) xxoo
Dietrich Avatar
August 25, 2019 at 5:32 PM
Love this one, Matt!
Horn Avatar
August 25, 2019 at 3:00 PM
Wherever we would have to go, They played with a Duncan yoyo, And be content, We had meant; Threw into wind when it did blow. Jim Horn
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