City Gem
Cut gems shimmer As they sit on the highway The red of their brakes lost in the light of day A steady hum comes from the roadway The pulsing bloodstream of the city Beats through concrete veins From far away it looks like heaven The golden sun catches clouds on fire with its rays And shines off the angular glass bodies of tall buildings That rise out of the soft earth Wet and glistening with the morning mist's sheen The grass and trees scream green A striking contrast to the sky so red and pink The world is a sliced geode Beautiful and translucent Warm humidity stretching it's wet fingers so far The hot breath of a new day, heaving on my car Just another cut gem Waiting to reach the city's heart