city of angel

the lights shine in your eyes
somewhere beyond, electricity burns
the excitement within
the city ignites you

the night is so long
when you can't sleep
you turn and you turn
each minute a lifetime

does the boy become the man
when the day becomes the night
and the dead meet the living become the dead
and the city is lost from view

there was once a time for this place
a glove that fitted, the slipper of glass
now there are  skies that are darker
and we are too
 
the glittering sky looks  down
on the grassy bank
and the boy who became the man
who has slept too long