I Remember

Faintly the street lights flicker with pain

As they fade with the tales of a city long ago

I remember the smiles and laughs abroad

That shone through clouds with a soft glow

The buildings loom like our fear of the dark

As the sun sets on a horizon of golden days

I remember fascination overtaking reality

Standing beneath art with nothing to say

Crowds diminish as we head separate ways

While old friends cling to every second left

I remember when people were loving to all

Never meeting a stranger that commits theft

My mind towers above me as a dark angel

Whose lost his luster in the dead of night

I remember when I had no worries of mine

Before I saw in life there is no right