Downtown

I look out the window
All I see are shattered buildings,
Half demolished cars.
Lifeless remnants of a life they left behind.
I stare at the room.
Cold, dark and filled with reminders of what once was.
Lifeless remnants of a life they left behind.
This is my home, my tattered carpet, no running water.
It is all I have. I quietly wait in the
Lifeless remnants of a life they left behind.
Things, once beautiful, surround me.
All that can be heard in the distance - gunshots.
This is my serenity, my freedom, not
Lifeless remnants of a life they left behind.
This tiny square, so full of life, so full of wonder,
But constricted so quietly.
They cannot find me in the
Lifeless remnants of a life they left behind.
So careful and calm, I live in solitude.
No soul in sight except my shadow
In the flicker of the candlelight.
I am...
      The lifeless remnants of a life they left behind.