Nocturnal Alley

A desolate world lies ahead

Fur on my shoulders, I move on

Flickering neon signs are spread

Reflecting the darkness, I'd moved on

Stars in my sky, shimmering with fear

Till the day they're extinguished and forgotten

But so far away, they may already be dead

No memorial in sight, no obituary was read

As if sparks of their flame, already long gone

The rain on my shoulders, dripping with dread

With the blood and the tears mixed instead

Not a drop to drink yet plenty to mourn

The clacker of knives as if slicing through leather

The bones of the fallen no longer are brothers

Gone to sleep yet expecting dawn

And the mud on my shoes sprinkling away

No exits in sight yet slithering astray

Forever lost is the path I deviated from

Been walking along yet it feels forever

As if time had slowed to join my endeavour

The end isn't visible like my faith unborn

Crippling sounds of smoke filled lights

Days filled with fear of horror of nights

Yet the misery overpowers the terror it spawns

By: Arman Yusuf