The City

Inspired by Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, "Worlds' End: A Tale of Two Cities"

Every sigil is defined
Every heart pang is sublime
Conscience breathing

Ever wards we cannot see
Darkness watching over me
Cleanse the brittle air

The city's weary evening hours
Yield to sleeping, shining towers
Amidst I walk freely

For that night my mind found not sleep
Turning over all possibilities
Arriving nowhere

But alive
I will not go
I will not fear
I will not go

The city dreams in fits and starts
Unguided visions in my heart
Constant and fleeting

In my mind I know
I will not go
I will not fear
I will not go
I will not go

The city wakes, I too arise
From a heart to which I cannot lie
And what bears repeating

What it says is I...
I will not go
I will not fear
I will not go

When the prologue had begun
I skipped ahead to the rising sun
And found the ending

Ever wards we cannot see
Lightness brings serenity
Consciousness breathing

I will not go
In my mind I know