Cityscape

Cityscape You point to the sky Yet you're rooted to earth Your colourless windows Reflect sunshine and mirth If stark is an asset You're bringing it, plenty So stoney and cold On the outside.. so empty What happened to humans? That we're all locked away With tablets and iPads In our prisons so grey I pray that the lesson We learn from this lockdown Is that freedom is precious As from towers we come down To the grass and the fields, Into churches and places So the architect God Who constructed our faces Can rebuild and reshape Every son, every daughter And save us from lounging In bricks and in mortar From the shell of the outer To way deep inside.. Open our hearts Where true humans reside And when everything's over. And the light clicks to black We'll be neighbours again In the concrete, glass stack There'll be laughter and friendship Unlike ever before.. A heart-warming welcome Behind every closed door. So, to wide open spaces; With our feet, hearts and minds With the gift of each other All the shapes, colours, kinds. Let us never be locked In our prisons again. We are more than a number.. For we all have a name. Jinjagoliath 18th February 2021