John Lawless Poet Free verse

Cityscape

Dark lines betray
A lover's soul
Shadows cast
Within the tunneled alleyways
Hidden beneath
Sun sparkled peaks
Traps sprung in loneliness
Baited in despair's longing
Scented
With false hope
Watched over
By predatory pain

A rat scurries
In the silence.

John G. Lawless

1/7/2020

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Daniel Turner January 21, 2020 at 11:16 PM Hey John, we have "rats" in the country also:) Nice to read you again:) John Lawless January 22, 2020 at 9:21 AM Two legged and forum legged I assume. Had some computer trouble so am struggling with an ipad

Charlie Smith January 21, 2020 at 1:55 PM John, I love the grit of this one, I feel dirty after reading it about 4 times... John Lawless January 21, 2020 at 5:02 PM Thanks Charlie, the skyline often belies the bottom line