Snippets from the Metro

She sits silently all dolled up
Put together with a red lipstick
A dress that has seen better days
And feet shod on uneven high heels

The usual chatter thankfully missing
But you can hear her mind grinding
Incomprehensible and lonely memories
And you pray for her to talk

He sits sullenly across the metro
You wonder for all the sunshine filtering
It seems he can't see and feel it vibrate
And at last forget his troubles and smile

FiftEen maybe sixteen you see
Too early for the shadows to come out
Yet time seems meaningless here
And the sounds drowned by what's inside
 
He shuffles slowly along the metro
And stands quietly aside on legs shaking
Proudly he hangs on the rails
Nobody notices no one seems to care

The click of the camera from steady hands
She smiles at the sun and closes her eyes
For a while she's still but the outside calls
And she snaps, off in her own mind


5/13/12

Last Song

I met you in the most unexpected place
You held out your hand and I put mine
Half afraid and half happy I went
And built a world with you

But I could never completely let go
For my mind reminds me who you are
Things must be put in place at least
So you will shine and people will see


6/8/2011

It Pours

The lights twinkle in the distance
She stares afraid but fascinated
Another year over spent scraping by
She wonders how she doesn't bleed

The people talks differently on the tv
She can't understand gets more confused
The life she leads seems so different
Somehow she plods on and on

Memories pour as the rain comes
She allows a brief moment to remember
Too many jumbled thoughts crowding
Inside herself she let's the curtain fall


11/18/2011 9:18pm