Suburban Threat

In the deep darkness of suburban streets
there lingers a threat that remains unknown
people don't know of this terror they greet
whenever they venture outside alone

The threat is a terrible loneliness
that grows greater with each day and each night
these people think that they would be remiss
if they were to call out and share their fright

what the people of the suburbs don't know
is of all the others sharing their plight
so they live with this feeling and let go
of any chance of living in the light

What is the sad irony of this all
they have done this to themselves with their walls