Shades Of The City

By Suryalaxmi R.

The bustling city chooses to stay awake

Through the roaming vehicles even in the moonless nights

On the muttering terraces of unsettled houses

The restless city is a vagrant boy

He counts the lives he can live at once

A high collared nice chap and the rustic home guy

A practical doer and an erring dreamer

The chaotic city likes to defy rules

Feel the thrill of the roaring bikes

Trying out the not done and the yet to be done

The enduring city is mean at heart

It rakes and rakes all that it can

And lets go the things, not useful, without much thought

The glittering city invites

With it’s lit –up, crowded doors

The beaming city is all musical

With tunes to sway by and live on

In the moving city, it’s easy to leave things behind

It's easy to turn on a new leaf

The thick city closes in

On you, But

You are stranded, darkness-bitten

In the music-less corners of the flowing streets.

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