I plead,
Take me back!
Take me away from here!
Take me from this horrid place!
The lies
The deceit
The greed
It is pungent, it is putrid
You can see it in the air.
Spreading like wildfire
Everywhere.

Oh, take me back!
Take me back to a land
Where the grass is always greener
Where the skies are azure
Where the birds chirp
Where the trees sway
Where the breeze flows gently.

No one is there to answer me
As I lay on the damp, dark ground.
I could feel myself slipping away
Into nothingness
Or perhaps
Into a deep sleep.
I cry my last
And see
That they were there all along
Standing idly by
Never stopping to mind the now cold body
Lying on the sidewalk.