The city lights come crashing down
As I walk the streets with my heart on my sleeve.
It's November.
Rotten leaves swept away by chilly winds.
I'm left alone to fend them off,
Alone to find my way out.
Far from the alleyways filled with faint whispers of ghost,
Trying to lure me with sweet calls of self- destruction.
I see the lights tunred on in many houses.
Will I be shunned away?
Left feeling more alone
And embarrassed by my pain?
I'm only here to love.
To try to find my way to a brighter city.
Tell me where can I dance and sing?
When will I be able to live?
My journeys take me to places
Where monsters try to bite me .
They'll leave me on the street.
I'm painfully aware that they've never been afraid to leave me dying.
My life is their oasis.
I have become their savior.
I'll supply them with what they need
Only to be repaid with insults and frightening dreams.
As December rounds the corner
I'm still fighting for my life.
Trying to see if my heart will supply me
With the strength that I'll need to win this fight.
But the cold winds are reaching my heart.
They're taking away the fire that kindles my blood.
The y travel through me and freeze my veins,
Which from now on are immune to being thawed.
And while I wait, laying on the asphalt,
Breathing swallow breaths,
A stranger leaves his house
And carries me in.
Where is your coat? You can't those winds without one.
His voice is sweet letting leave to a random thump beneath my ribs.
I'm tempted to tell him I threw mine away on purpose,
But one look at his eyes tells me he knows my whole life story.
