Leith

Yearning for the summer I had last year

yearning for a person who I know is not a good man, not anymore

memories of him float around my brain like decaying leaves on the water of leith

blurred and distorted

no longer an entity I can claim to know

Searching for ghosts among the living

the old routes I used to take

memerly a memory etched in my brain

you rolled your eyes at my nostalgia

associating streets with memories and twisted words you said

imagining a world with me that was purely imaginary

all my doubts were confimed with your cruel and careless words

the streets we walked are just streets now

City Poems

Part One

The unknown mystery of the night

Every street a page

A waiting discovery

Every corner like the next page

Begging to be seen

 

The streets seem disconnected

Not like the day with its welcoming light

But a dark river of sin and madness

Calm yet unpredictable

 

What connects this city’s madness?

The dim lights, the alleys, the sin?

We all know the city’s addictive toxic

Could it be the people within?

 

Part Two

Towering alleys swoop over the city

The good men and sinners below

The moonlight cats demonic shadows

On the city’s proudest buildings

 

The devil’s hour approaches

Anticipation from each window

Only those without a care in the world

Would be seen at this hour

 

There is never silence within the chaos

Each passing hour offers more.

Deep within the heart of the city

Is where the sin is almost pure

 

 

Part Three

Darkness swallows the city

The streets are dimly lit

By only a couple of shining lamps

 

In-between the light there is pure darkness

The darkness evokes mystery, excitement

But sin and murder

 

Spiralling streets descend into madness

Madness unfolds into the night

The people and places create wonderful disasters

Embedded into our history.