Street Life

Every night I walk these streets Where the neon lights shine so bright People rushing all around me Barely stopping to say goodnight Homeless ones are lying on the street Dreaming of a life that they may never meet Fighting for a meal, day by day Trying to keep the sorrows far away The corners filled with heartless souls Trying to make their living from their goals The sound of gunfire in the distance Evoking fear into a heart's resistance Yet, there's a sense of community In these streets where people roam Where each other they know And they make a place they can call home This is the life that we've been given And we all make the most of it In these streets we call our own That can give us joy as much as it can spit So walk with me on these streets And you will see life in a different light It's not always pretty or glamorous But the street life is worth the fight.