When the light turns
When dawn breaks
Illuminating this land
Unknown to the innocent
All too familiar to the ******

Some make themselves at home
Others run for their lives
While I perch
Overlooking the city
Filled with the dead

Here again
One of thousands
Miles apart
Yet never closer

I've lost so much
Yet almost nothing at all
Finding everything hard to bare
Yet taking it on in a heartbeat

It still exists
Though it shouldn't be
Not to me

Not supposed to be in pain
Not supposed to be down the drain
Washed over and over by the filth
Toxic waste of the world around me

There I was
Here I am
And always will be

- Jay M
April 23rd, 2019