This City

The city pulses
Bustling streets
Each city has a vibe
This one is seeping with a mish-mash of buildings built over centuries
Not every city could pull off this jumbled look
This city does with ease
Its personality
Flows
This city is intuitive
Maps are useless
As streets flow into streets
You find your way by following the heartbeat
Escape by fleeing it
This city has history
It vibrates through your veins
Strange electricity
It builds solace in natural wonders, not a machine
Never mechanical
This city
Is an organism
We take the roles of cells
Each of us bringing life to it
Navigating its veins and arteries
Allowing it to breathe soft sighs

Gran, I love you.

Gran, wherever you are
Watching us from afar
Your love is with us everyday
Guiding us along our way.

Please guide me
I don't know where to go next
I love you
I don't even know you
I'm alone
But you are watching, loving
You know the path
Please show me where to step.

Gran, wherever you are
Watching us from afar
Your love is with us everyday
Guiding us along our way.

I am your flesh and blood
I am your kith and kin
I love and know the light
You saw
With eyes clouded
Mind free.

Gran, wherever you are
Watching us from afar
Your love is with us everyday
Guiding us along our way.

You knew the answers
You dared live without fear
You faced horrors
To give me freedom
To let me know love
To create this life for me.

Gran, wherever you are
Watching us from afar
Your love is with us everyday
Guiding us along our way.

I am a lightworker
You passed me healing hands
My eyes see, unclouded
My mind unclouded
You taught me this
Even in absence from this world
You are my guide.

Gran, wherever you are
Watching us from afar
Your love is with us everyday
Guiding us along our way.

MidNight

The night steals me away, fitful dreams. Memories. Fade to black.