Third: The Street.............................Keagan O’Riley

Third Place

The Street

Keagan O’Riley

I walk along an empty street The pavement cold beneath my feet And wonder, as the silence rings, Just where this road has taken me

With listless sighs and quiet toes I’m drifting down this path of woes That once upon a time I’d known To lead me safely back to home.

Where did it go wrong I wonder? On this path of life I suffer? Somewhere I’d been torn asunder And cursed into an aimless wander.

Was it you who brought this fate This darkness that I can’t escape? Or is it I who takes the blame, Who failed to win this hopeless game?

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Inscape 2021