BitterSuite: An Ode To Metropolis…

In an effort to soothe the hell that is the raging California fire’s effect on my sinuses and lungs, I have combined several of my best cityscapes from my last road trip with my prose. So behold:

BitterSuite: An Ode To Metropolis:

Hear the city’s heartbeat
In the screaming electric monolith
Cruising speed burns at the eyes
Somewhere here there is an idea
But not today.

Pound the accelerator
Outrun that desolation road
In the horizon she shines bright
Somewhere here there is a future
But not today.

The metropolis beckons now
Lose everything entirely in her industry
The motor roars out a love song
Somewhere here there is salvation
But not today.

Stripped of all hard armor
Walk the shameful pavement skin
Feel her yielding underneath pressure
Somewhere here there is connection
But not today.

Thousands of empty eyes
Staring back at this promenade
She steals every concern inside
Somewhere here there is perfection
But not today.

Thoughts returning again
To how badly this was destroyed
The skyline is tainted by this tempo
Somewhere here there is forgiveness
But not today.

Found peace here once
Lost worry in industrial colors
Freedom came in traffic light dodges
Somewhere here there is sweet release
But not today.

Half-smile teases the face
Her cruelty is better than the abyss
Continue a death march into rush hour
Somewhere here there is a heart
But not today.