The streetlights hum a sodium song,
A hazy glow where shadows throng.
On cobbled lanes and brick facades,
A whispered world where truth evades.

Each pool of light, a watchful eye,
That sees the hurried footsteps fly,
The furtive glance, the hidden tear,
The burdens that the darkness bear.

A lover's tryst in alley deep,
Where promises they vow to keep,
Are sealed beneath the lamp's soft gleam,
A fragile, fleeting,...