Human Regime

A lonely dog is frolicking in the neon light

A fulminant breeze brings more dust to my sight

Days more ghostly than despondent nights

In a corner an infant sleeps like a fallen kite.

Few youngsters are busy with their obscenity

A girl crosses the road with her bawdy vanity

Posters on the wall, a call for religious unity

The insane smiles by watching their insanity.

Every day you and I meet in a dark shabby room

This is the only place where our love can groom

We lie down quietly like two corpses in one tomb

Stench of death is stronger than any fancy perfume.

Withered hopes fuse and die with battered dreams

In this depth of void, life takes the downstream

A fallen race, forgotten muse, no humanity to redeem

Thus, we build our world, an empire, a human regime.

Reviews

[Neville]

If layla had not written her review, I would have written her exact words. All Good Things, Neville

[layla]

"Days more ghostly than despondent nights
In a corner an infant sleeps like a fallen kite."...amazing! beautiful and inspiring

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

infidelity, or perhaps just a romance that must be kept in the shadows, but hey, look at the state of humanity...........well done.

[Kaa Na Kalyanasundaram]

A fallen race, forgotten muse, no humanity to redeem

Thus, we build our world, an empire, a human regime.




...............good lines. I like your imagery. My regards.

[Norma M Sutton]

Dark and grim imagery. The last stanza sums it up well. Nicely written.