I Love the Neon Lights

I love the neon lights Stepping from under bright marquees Like girls who haunt the nights Dusky brown girls that by day seems lovely But like snowflakes in my warm heart At nights just melt away From any recognition that makes them part of me I love the neon lights The festive dress of streets from sunset Until the next day light. Somehow the mood reminds me Of my tropic island far away When day takes off its working clothes And people like children play Never blaming life for anything But through their hardship dance and sing Until the next baby cries Until the crows come crowding through the clouds Until the rice in the pot refuses to rise Until the next girl is found, unhappy and alone Beaten, strangled, by an heathen hand The neon lights run like winnowing sands I love the neon lights This masquerade of city nights