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the night tells a story
in the innocence of darkness
of the life lived in secret
no one saw the shadow pass
drifting through the small town
where main street
was the only street

the sound of footsteps
echoed in silence
as she passed
the one street town

observing her surroundings
she longed to stay
and hold tight to life
where one could live
each day in the sun of happiness

approaching the town's end
the streetlight portrayed her
as the stranger she was

near the edge one could fall off