Shadows play with light
Dancing on art deco walls
Marking time as sunset dips
Fluorescent lucid dreams take over

Where did she go?
Will she ever return?
Silent movie banned
Removed from history

This city an elaborate plot 
A network of eyes watching
Orchestrated moments
I fail to play along

Shying, turning heads away
They cannot bear to make eye contact
For it may reveal 
Our humanity shared

Humiliation laid on thick
By invisible walls
Of family, institution 
Expectations whisper
Such that I, of all people
Will never hear it