You’re a big fish
In a small fucking pond
You, your ego, yourself
This city waits for no one
You’re independent
Blocking, distracting
Drowning yourself out
By the noise of a city
What is it about human identity
And our addiction to substance
To the metaphysical
To the flight from reality
On sobering
On losing yourself
To find yourself
To be young
Do we grow out of the city
Or the identity we attached
With the city of shattered dreams
But the city is an addiction
A spiral, a toxic relationship
A love we want to fight for
Because we’ve fought enough
But it’s also knowing
There’s a reason
We are here
The fire is alive somewhere
And from everything
We do learn
This city is one of opportunity
Of learning, an ode to self
A magic vielfalt of cultures
Blended together into one
This city is changing
And no matter
How many times
How many highs
How many lows
I still want to come back
I can escape, I must escape
But I know it won’t be for long
It’s time to create a new story
Of the city I got lost in
But a city that taught me
Value in art and its process
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It’s time for stability
& it comes to those who wait