A city in ruins
Completely in shambles
The roads filled with holes
The buildings rotting within themselves
Overrun by inner city youth
Having ghetto tendencies
They wear bandanas and baggy jeans
You can hear the urban beat—
Banging in the streets
See the man begging for money
Apparently he has no place to go
See the mother and her child
They are waiting for the bus in the cold
Do you see the city?
Indeed she is alive
Unlike the fallen city of Rome
But is not appreciated so
And is often overlooked.
