Manhattan

Manhattan By LoLa The neverending cascade of looming city skylines Towering strangers captures her gaze and her hands Attempts to lift the veil from abandoned timelines Leaves her breathless where A Phantom Hurricane stands Relenting to the light from the cracks in her heart Beating to frequencies of screams in the city A lifeless stare where frenetic signals depart Swelling with the blood of lost souls in harmony Expressing a love lost through the pain in her eyes A thousand miles away, lie stories of their past Approaching lights of distant shores will ask her, "WHY"? Why memories and matching tattoos never seem to last Forgotten daydreams of nameless faces in the crowd Forgetting days when She lost her grip on the wheel Stranded in streets where silent thoughts were not allowed Breathing in the weight of grief She has yet to feel As waves of rain proceed sunshine profanities Honest words lie, with false displays of bravado Smouldering signal fires revealing fallacy Moments where they’re free from confines of pine below