lost

by John Butterfield

a city
Glasgow
streets tenaments and factories
roads and underpasses
all look alike
in the dark
street lights occasional
signs missing
night
where am I
my destination is somewhere in this direction
somewhere
there was a sign post back there
but now
where am I
in the Glasgow dark
Partick's unfamiliar side streets
intensity of panic increasing
how do I find my way home?