Matthew Anish Poet Concrete

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

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Jan Allison April 15, 2018 at 6:15 PM I love the way you have formatted the poem Matthew, you created an atmosphere of foreboding with the deep dark imagery - least it was only the shadow that was following :-) hugs jan xx

Susan Ashley April 11, 2018 at 12:27 PM Matthew, an awesome snapshot of a lonely troubled youth with only her shadow as a brief companion on her tipsy walk home.. great atmospheric imagery sets the striking mood. Loved it!

Debbie Duncan April 5, 2018 at 11:08 PM Nicely done, It goes along with my "Hell Found Me" poem. Thanks for coming to read my Lighting Strikes :)

Anne-Lise Andresen March 26, 2018 at 2:36 PM - You wrote a picture of loneliness for me, great written Matthew - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Andrea Dietrich March 25, 2018 at 7:25 PM oh, I thought this was going to turn into a horror story. If it were my poem, it probably would have. Especially it being New York late at night!! Matt, you mentioned eternity in a comment to me. I hope you believe a heaven awaits you!