Late Night Walks

My thoughts on my way home from school.

By nighttime I drown

In the blur of the town

I would sink to the strums

Of guitars and the hums

Of the cold wind that blows

Through my hair and my nose

I walk through the city,

My demons stride with me.

The faces I pass

Disappear just as fast

As the cars racing by

In a blink of an eye

All alone in this sea

Of strangers who, like me,

Go along with the flow

Or against, I don't know.

My thoughts drift away

With every step I sway

A thought says, walk ahead

Another says, turn instead

My demons fought inside

What's left of my sane mind

I am lost once again

Getting close to the bend.

Now where do I go?

Would other people know?

Are they as lost as I?

I close my eyes and sigh

I move aside my fears

Hear the sound in my ears

For now I'm going home

Till my next trip alone.