<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=431183" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Lost In A Night</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">During a dark night the streets come to life on their own<br>Lurking danger is cradled by disciples reigning from a throne<br>Sirens at midnight echo like the forlorn souls of sinners <br>When survival is a gamble without disclosing any winners<br>Subtle like a symphony last rites are spoken in confessions<br>And the free on the corner burning their worldly possessions</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The night train claims its victims slowly in long tiled caves<br>While the tired indulge in discussions disclosing the brave<br>The dark night is no longer mysterious like a virgin at dawn<br>When the river swallows pride and hope with a stifled yawn<br>Then the bright lights of the windows lead the way like stars<br>While hiding its inhabitants selling the smoke of Cuban cigars</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The words written on billboards have a double meaning now<br>Because the creatures of the dark are on their nightly prowl<br>Prisoners lock their chains tightly with allegiance and lies<br>Drinking the wine from silver goblets being newly baptized<br>Yellow plastic tape reveals scenes of old crimes committed<br>While diseases make room for blistering wounds omitted</div><div style="margin:10px 0">High black boots over nylon protect from the icy rain<br>Worn by smiling creatures in costumes lined in naked pain<br>Silent screams dance slowly to the rhythms of electric guitars<br>When warm blood runs over the edges of newly inflicted scars<br>In hotel rooms illusions are buried in caskets with iron doors<br>While illuminated casinos are the new twenty-four hour stores</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Dancers dressed in grey asphalt park the ruins of rusty cars<br>And the nightly sounds of celebrations travel from behind bars<br>Initiating new battles with alibis originated in secrets drowned<br>The coroner is collecting rewards on frozen common ground<br>The children of tomorrow now veterans of wars and extortion<br>Face the black night losing dreams with an habitual abortion</div><div style="margin:10px 0">© 2011</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Kristina+Louisa+Carr">Kristina Louisa Carr</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=431183" data-title="Lost In A Night de Kristina Louisa Carr" data-description="During a dark night the streets come to life on their own Lurking danger is cradled by disciples reigning from a throne Sirens at midnight echo like the forlorn souls of sinners When survival is a gamble without disclosing any winners Subtle like..."></div> </div> </div>

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