Sorrow creeping along
A cold and empty street
My beating heart lying there
Destiny at my feet
Black clad lies whispering
In the quiet of the night
Anger swirling tempestuously
Around a single light
Illuminating all the broken promises
Heaped haphazardly on the sidewalk
Surrounded by swear words
Scribbled sloppily in white chalk
An exhausted dead-end street
Bereft of any name
Hiding in plain sight the promise
Of misery and shame