Life In Shadows

She lives in the shadows of the night Darkness brings her bread and bite Under the street light or in murky corners Looking out for the chance stroller She is made up heavily around the eyes Her lips in a pout of glittery invite With nothing to lose in the world of snatchers Her shameless gaze chases an easy catch A single eye-lock and someone falls A willing prey to the wily charms She wants bread, he wants escape The night passes in a soulless bond At dawn in the yellow gleam of the sun The world awakens to see her bread And she has to answer for every bite.