Urban Centers

Towers, new or old, Stay grounded, slim or fat, Draped bright or in mold, Wearing hats, fancy or plain flat,
For some masquerade never to end.
Towers, tall or short, Gaze below, gleefully or brooding, Around their feet, mobility like in field of sport, low humming in parking lots and malls, intruding,
Upon the silence of a peaceful sunset.
Towers, lively or dull, Bear the midday sun drilling their wrinkles, Sulking morbidly like some numbskull. One day older, by the time a star twinkles.
Urban life drenched in various colours from dawn to dusk.
(Written in a parking lot of an urban center, while waiting for my son to finish work)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Agustin Avatar
November 5, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
Inman Avatar
October 26, 2022 at 6:46 PM
A nice wistful write Sunita, but I'm afraid it brings back sad memories to me (likely just my current mood). It reminds me of the Tower that collapsed near Miami, FL a couple of years ago and the twin towers in New York and the whole block of residential buildings that were destroyed by a gas leak in Mexico City. High rise buildings in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, England, Shanghai, China, Brazil, etc. I'll keep my quite country life.
U.D Palawon  Avatar
January 1, 2023 at 8:16 PM
Yes truly, but those innocent buildings were made and wrecked by us insatiable human beings...Thank you for reading and expressing your feelings. From Sunita UPD
Buhagiar Avatar
September 1, 2022 at 11:54 AM
Your verse has the touch of higher studies. Hugs.
U.D Palawon  Avatar
January 1, 2023 at 8:18 PM
Ha ha ha....oh yes, sitting on a campus the tower does give way to rising hope and flaring ambitions!! Thanks for the words. Hugs from Sunita UPD.
Mcconnell Avatar
August 24, 2022 at 1:35 PM
Nice penning Sunita, with good rhyme and flow too. Blessings, Gordon
U.D Palawon  Avatar
August 31, 2022 at 12:37 PM
Hi thks for reading and comments. :) Sunita UPD
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