The buildings of a city
Towering overhead
Like giant, steel monsters
That hid under your bed.
Lost in a city
With no one to help.
Each time you try,
You’re turned back.
The first attempt to leave
Began quite well.
Until that good friend
Was torn from your hand.
Lost in a city
With no one to help.
Each time you try,
You’re turned back again.
Escape number two
Started on suspicion.
When the lead was confronted,
He exploded with anger.
Lost in a city
With no one to help.
Each time you try,
You’re turned back again.
Try number three
I thought had good chance.
Now that I’ve started,
I almost wish to double-back.
And be lost in a city,
With no one to help.
Each time I try,
I’m turned back again.
When first I saw this man,
I thought escape was certain.
Some doubt arose, as always,
Yet I still thought I could
Escape the city
Where no one would help
Each time I’ve tried,
I’ve been turned back.
I’ve posed a question
To better get acquainted.
Hopefully, a new friend
Will help me
Escape the city
Where no one would help.
Each time I’ve tried,
I’ve been turned back.
The most I can do now
Is simply wait and see
If this man
Is who I claim him to be
And I escape the city
Where no one will help.
Each time I’ve tried
I’ve been turned back.
Now I think I should
Stand atop a building
And, as loud as I can,
Yell my desire
To escape the city
Where no one will help.
Each time I’ve tried
I’ve been turned back.
Maybe I should be me.
Tell all others, “tough luck.
I am who I am.
And my greatest desire
Is to escape the city,
Where no one will help
Each time I’ve tried
I’ve been turned back.”
Maybe I’m just destined
To walk these streets alone
Forever stuck, never moving
In constant circles, never
Escaping the city,
Where no one will help.
Each time I’ve tried
I’ve been turned back.
I beg and plead
With you, my last hope.
Help me out of this mess
Before I croak
In this forsaken city,
Where no one will help.
Each time I’ve tried
I’ve been turned back.