Leaves dropped without reason
As moments of life pass scattered in waves of collective treason
And frigid winds ran down backlit streets
Erasing lone footprints from trails traveled long ago.
And
Light arose from silence
Brightening darkness with no regard for the squalor beneath
Nor the winds, nor cries, nor pleads.
Whatever was continued
And then rain dampened through clothes
And flesh
And bones.
And
For those more fortunate
Phones still lay dormant
And cars were abandoned stuck stagnant on idle
While motors lay quiet and everything was silent
Save for the bums who snored tired in the gutters.
I saw dark tones wash moody skies.
I watched loneliness and abandonment engulf an entire city.
There were ragged dogs hungry
And in the silent streets they tussled
While looks of despair
Chance met amongst strangers
Collected from averted gazes.
