When the blackness of night draws in, I resort to my bedroom window- My personal theatre. I dim out the lights inside To be affected by the light effects outside.
My eyes reflect the flashy hues Of misty blue and pale crimson. And here and there stretches of sketched gray: And here and there a gleaming gold, Or sadistic sepia, Of the lamp-posts and headlights That sweep on the dark road Not minding the flow of mechanical life. The edged silver is not to be forgotten; It jumps in from here and there, Steaming out of the replicas of the modern age And also from the conquered Moon and soon to be conquered stars Reflected off the more higher skyscrapers. The silver of steel, The silver of technology- A mix of white and black, A mix of light and dark, A mix of good and bad.
Cars flash before me, A blur mirroring the speeding age; The skyscrapers mock the Moon. Red, Blue, Green, Yellow etc. The blackness of night Masked under all the colours of white. Lights and colours play their stage effects The age is best to be defined A flashy showpiece That forgets the beauty of simplicity, The beauty that is natural.
My mind wanders lost On the notes of disturbed city life, Wherein dims the music of the old good Hope and memories Glow like the Moon and stars in this darkness.
I stand stunned, Just so helpless before The sights of the modern age.