Like the setting sun
A beautiful sunrise
Coloring the high-rise windows
Looking around
No birds in sight
The roar of machines shaking the city
Swallowing up our conversation
Trying to cross the crosswalk in silence
Facing each other
Standing affectionately by the traffic light
Little by little, little by little, very little
The sound of sobbing is heard
Let's turn
At the corner of the 000 building on Park Avenue
A neat, elderly woman
Tears streaming down her dull cheeks
Her eyes staring down at the phone screen in her hand
With disbelief
People pass by...like the ebb tide
Unheard, unseen, felt alone
Her sorrow
Tread upon by our busy footsteps
Let's look back (once again)
A few birds from the Hudson River
Carrying all her sorrow
Flying over her with her head bowed
With a voice strained
Flying over her with her head bowed.