Author's Note: This poem was inspired by the painting, “Crying Girl” (1964) by Roy Lichtenstein.  This painting is so depressing and that's kind of why I like it.  I don't really know why this painting inspired me but it did and I thought that this poem described it perfectly, to me at least.  Enjoy! 

Why are you crying?

Standing with the City beneath your feet

Under these thousands of lights

Tell me again, why are you crying?

You have style - charm

And beauty

But no heart

No passion at all

You are an empty shell

Left behind on the sand

Deteriorating - fading away

In a crowd - barely missed

You are alone

Completely and utterly - alone

The City is big and yet

You have no one

These city lights are blinding

Lost forever and never

Coming back

That's why you're crying.