Downtown's Chaotic Silence

Bright lights flash above stores,
As we walk along the pavement.
Distant stares refuse to meet my eyes,
As they all seem stuck in a world of their own.

Parts of conversations echo in the night,
As they talk into their beloved cellphone.
Music fills the chaotic silence,
Blaring its powerful melody.

I see a couple holding hands,
Engrossed in their own passion.
While on another street corner,
Another couple's angry whispers
-------Sound at my ear.

A few teenagers huddle at a club entrance,
Smoking a joint: high on life.
While a homeless woman roams the streets,
Begging for a small amount of money,
------To survive in this world.

As I look around, I see us as we are.
Different, yet at the same time,
------So similar.
We roam this life,
------Searching for a part of ourselves.