Dreams die in this city
by Em

A shining orb of mystery
Glowing orange and strangely blue
Towers of rock and stone and glass
Shoot to the sky
Optimism and sunshine
Shine bright, so bright
Feel the sun's warmth upon the silver city
Stilted veins of life
Borrowed breath and borrowed life
A glorious beginning to an ideal end
A chance, a change,
a way out, a way in
Bottled dreams in the form of sun and metal
Young and shiny and new and beautiful
Love for the future love for this place
Love for the world, for the opportunities

Reality sets in
No mystery but similarity
No color but gray and brown and black
Barren bones that jut to the sky
Naked and cold and lonely and dirty
Ants that creep and crawl and flood this place
No time to stop and look and think
No time to stop
Life is lost within these walls
Within these fences
Lost within these great steel cages
Time is consumed
Energy is spent
No dreams come true
Nothing changes
Life passes without much difference
Dreams are just that
Those fantasies are lost within these walls
Those dreams will die as this time passes
Nothing changes, it just ceases to be.