Upon The Streets

Upon the streets
I live my life
I am dead
To the world

Always hungry
Living strife
On these streets
Where I was hurled

I need something
To take me away
I need something
To ease my pain

To get me through
Another day
Of living my life
In vain

A little drink
And a happy pill
For when I start
To cry

On that’s pink
To make me still
In this ally
Where I lie

You can pass
This darkened mass
Between buildings
Great and tall

And I will dream
Of that pretty lass
I knew
When I was small

For she was me
And I’m now her
In this life
That I now live

In shattered dreams
That never were
With nothing more
To give