Another Side

Awash on the tides of city rain

I flow through the streets and into the drains

Numbed by the gaze of uncaring faces

Try to offer my truth--but they drift away

Until the streets and myself have no name

No longer human--no longer the same

Lost all hope--lose all dreams--No more pain

Awake--I choke on human steam

And the stench of animal fear

Tonight I'm going to light a match

And let the sewer burn--until my soul is clear

Each night a thousand hearts are wasted

On those who don't care if they live or die

Each day I wade through vacant stares and wonder

Are they looking for the same things as I

I see the people turn away

And still hear every word they say

Hope someday I'll have the nerve

To put a bullet through my brain

And not a needle in my vein