The Broken Light

The broken light carries me home On your dusty balcony I wait The broken light falls like a drape Over the city half-asleep The broken light it carries me Seeps through the tires & the trees The tangled wires & the jasmine breeze The broken light runs like a stream Over your curtain dancing Over the still life that hangs in your room The distant car horns in the afternoon Your unmade bed and the flickering TV The broken light ... The broken light knows everything It knows all about defeat It touches all that's happening Disappearing through these dirty streets Through the dust and the ash and The crumbling concrete The broken light...