CITY: SONG

Yes for your restless agility

And the volatile hot blood

That fuels its aesthetics

You ostracized the night

And never bid adieu to light

I see you blast the deep darkness

With noise some pestilence

Forced laughter and naked bodies

Here and again

Spark light upon your night

Oh! Night I cherish your silence

Oh! Still hours custodian of quietness

Bosom friend of precious calm

Your shrine is eternally demolished here

Adieu

Noises drown the songs of nature here

Pestilence struggles with plague

In you the great mother of wrath

Veiled in ravishing coldness

We seek refuge in vain

Your veil is vain

Your nakedness is neat

Your laughter is betrayal

Your sleep is false

Great mother of wrath

Trauma bends your waist

And sleep escapes willfully

Yes, you banished the night

The unsolicited covering

Over your anguish and pain

 

 

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