It was somewhere between
The edge of tomorrow
And the break of dawn
When I decided to take a plane
Across a dark expanse
To the city that never sleeps

In some strange utopia
Where men and women flit across
From avenue to avenue,
Skyscraper to skyscraper —
I was in the middle of a hive
Where the bees never cease to buzz.
It was a beautiful yet horrifying maze
With allies that crisscrossed heaven and hell,
The certainly uncertain knowledge of what lied ahead
It was an adrenaline that could not be quenched.
Blink for a second
And you might find yourself
Lost in the modern labyrinth of Daedalus
Yet falling into the unknown
Was the part that kept me awake.

I saw you along a black and white corner
Amidst the hustle and rhythm of the concrete.
You stood there as if time had no tomorrow,
Leaving the rest of the world to spin on its axis
As you stood your ground.
Perhaps by destiny, I saw you in the greyish fog
That blurred the shadows of moonlight
Cast upon the metropolis skyline.
But in this monochrome existence
You were in technicolor.

You scraped the heavens
Higher than any iron spear.
You were the compass
That gave direction in an urban jungle.
You were the silence
In the ceaseless tumult.
You were the color
Of a life that lacked a bit of flavor.
You were the light, a pinch of stardust
That shined in the wake of the morning sun.
But you,
You were just a dream.