Civilized

Sun scratch
It takes a break
From the cloud patch

Of walking on the sidewalk
Melting you down
Into nothing

A civilization
Still appearing to exist
Even when there's no
Civilized people left

And it takes the crow
All night
To find a reason
To cry

And where we are
Maybe it's all for
The better
The soft words
Of a mistake
The long breadth
Of regret
And it's a powerful force
You gotta fight
To find the starlight
Amongst all that night sky