**Topeka: The Devil's Playground**

**Topeka: The Devil's
                                Playground**

In Topeka's realm where shadows reign,  
A city lost in endless pain.  
Marked by the digits, dark and cursed,  
Six-six-six, a city immersed.

The streets are cloaked in eerie gloom,  
Where hollow souls find their tomb.  
In every alley, in every street,  
The pulse of darkness, cold and fleet.

Here, murder whispers through the night,  
In silent alleys out of sight.  
No angels walk these cracked, dark lanes,  
Just soulless eyes and ruthless chains.

The law itself, a twisted guise,  
Corrupt, deceiving, full of lies.  
In every courtroom, deals are made,  
In shadows where the truth is swayed.

Drugs seep in with a toxic grace,  
Their grip tightens, leaves a trace.  
The youth succumb to crystal’s call,  
In shattered lives where dreams will fall.

The city's heart is cold and bare,  
Where empathy is rare, so rare.  
Soulless figures drift through night,  
Their eyes devoid of any light.

In every corner, a story grim,  
Of lives undone on a wicked whim.  
The devil’s playground, harsh and stark,  
A gateway to the endless dark.

Each night, the city's soul is sold,  
To forces ruthless, cruel, and cold.  
The deals are struck with no regret,  
In lives entangled in the net.

You come on vacation, leave on probation,  
Trapped by the city’s dark temptation.  
Once you’re here, you’re here to stay,  
Its grip is tight and won't decay.

The only way out is often death,  
For the struggle drains each breath.  
Some make it, but only a few,  
Their fight is long and harsh and true.

Topeka wears a shroud of dread,  
Where hope and light seem long since dead.  
Yet in this darkness, there’s a cry,  
For even here, the weary try.

A flicker of defiance stands,  
In hearts that fight against dark hands.  
For though the city’s lost in gloom,  
There’s still a spark within the room.

Topeka’s name, a chilling scar,  
A place where shadows wander far.  
Yet through the dark, a fight persists,  
A faint light in the midst of mist.

By Bobbijo Tapley aka Trifecta666

© 8/23/2024