The streets come alive when so many
Sleep softly into their dreams.
The newer L.E.D. street lights pierce
The secrets on the Old 90.
The women that the sun does not touch
Is aglow in the moonlit pavements,
Because she is a nocturnal,
To be seen by those who cannot see
The bright sun, she shares herself
With the secrets, only known to those
That never stay.
And to better fit into the list,
To better know the secret is to become
Something other than what is expected,
A desertion of your standardised
Places, where scars can be hidden,
Everyone can dress as royalty,
This is more common and natural,
Becoming the creature we all seem to
Leave behind.
And here there are lovers,
Beckoningly fighting one another
For a chance at one night,
An embrace in the eternal momentary.
And the thirst is deep,
The desire is a window to the stellar
Places, a deep freedom in the nocturnal,
An occasion set for nightly meetings
Of souls with shadows that seem to chase,
Street people on the Western venture,
An exchange of souls at home in the night.
A series of poems I will write to my city, my home, and the unique lifestyle of the city night.