Light In the Shadows
Empty city
streets at 3 A.M.
A lone youth walks
towards her home
She staggers a
bit having drunk
a little too much
There is no one with her
and when she lights
up a cigarette
a shadow
appears briefly
on the sidewalk
It doesn't seem
that she will have trouble
Fortunately the streets
are deserted
Walking slowly home
She coughs from the cigarette
smoke
And finds her way home
under the shining streetlamps
Copyright © Matthew Anish | Year Posted 2018
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