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Amid The Lights


You were a soundless summer gust whom was filled with rarity
Except for the smiles and mild outbursts - walking amid the lights 
    Bright beams slim yet luminous exposing pallid skin
       Moon wide awake, witnessing your peculiarity 
 
Amid the lights, a cup lay in one hand, is it half empty or is it half full? 
Warmth to bitterness - chocolate to red wine
    Stained lips curve up, staggering mind in space begins to write
      Gravity either gives a great push or a grand pull
 
Shaky hands slave away as your mind spills out thoughts
            Memory Lane flares up, brighter street lights lead the way  
    How is it possible to write as if you were once a child again?
      Who wrote about singing stars and dancing astronauts
 
 Towering street lights highlight the sudden rain 
Pitter patter, pitter patter, pitter patter  
                Pages upon pages of writing moisten and it’s too late to turn back
       Bubbly and full of atrocious ideas, you head to Main 
 
The only escape was being amid the lights at this time    
    Sodden clothes, sodden book, and sodden heart - a dreary night 
        You were alone, a realization occurred - resulting in lots of reminiscing 
       Sitting at the Main sign, a jaw-cracking yawn said it is bedtime  
 
 Oh, how you dreamt on and on about flying like a butterfly
             This time, you thoroughly enjoyed chapped lips stained with bitterness 
    Amid the lights, you lived wildly - out all night, a party for one   
        When dropped, the book kept open, last word written was goodbye
 
 
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