The City Jungle

Oslo,Norway

The City Jungle
By Roger Pedersen

I walk the streets alone
in the city jungle
there’s no green
no trees, no leaves

Only grey concrete
black asphalt
cold metallic streetcars
cold people
with eyes that do not see

They do not see
the forgotten ones
the lost ones
those who sleep in the alleyways
those who die in the backyards
of drugs and booze
in the coldness of night

They do not see
the rape victims
the brutal killings
those who die alone
those who suffer
whose pain’s too much to bear

I walk the streets tonight
like a lonely and lost God
who no longer can create
who no longer can redeem

I am no Jesus, No Buddha
No Muhammed or Allah
I am just one lonely man
walking the city jungle
amongst its predators
its killers and hunters.