Silence fills the night
No music while the birds slumber
The stars shine dimmer here
In the city of no return
Where children starve
And alcohol impairs the addicted
Where drugs rule the dirty streets
And innocence is stolen away
Darkness rules this city
Light casts more darkness; shadows
Where the cruel hide away
With their deceits and lies
Hope is lost so quickly
In this city of the broken
Where even the cry of children
Are quieted and ignored
Where even the most talented
Are shunned and their dreams crushed
Hate rules this city
Love is forgotten so hastily
Revenge burns hearts
Breaking so many more
With deaths of the pure
And killings of the wrongly accused
In this city where everything burns
Even these words burn to ashes
And blow away in the wind
