starry night skies
fading into the past
these sodium lights
are the stars now.
soft grass, hard concrete
echoes of laughter late in the night
screaming ambulances
domestic violence
bar fights . . .
cries and choking
tears on cement
here where the heart leads
there is what was went.
the dark
the bright
a constant battle
between wrong and right.
these are the stars now
the flickers
of headlights on a highway
six lanes
the trees that sway
bare, forever now.
the grass, is all cement.
memories
fresh thyme on the wind
laughter.
friendship.
summer warmth at midnight.
no, cold.
the wind in the allies
the lack of compassion
action action action.
take down,
just a notch
these are the stars now.
these are the stars.
