Lake Said

Lake said

Take care

On the eve of the

New year

Stations bustle

With life and hope

New Years resolve on

Full display

Hoping to see a year anew

Starting over in a city

Seeming to fit

This year will be a hit

Rainy Lazy

Lazy rain

On a Monday

New Year’s Eve

Hours away

Bring the fresh start

Without the clouds

Doing their part

Come new year

In due time

Start again

Feeling fine

Ship Canal

When the Des Plaines and Illinois Rivers

Meet

Headed to the Mississippi

There is a pace

Nestled on the shores

Of Lake Michigan

Black building scraping the sky

Leaning back

On the windy side

At the bed of the river

Lies mysteries

And long live series

Notes and pens

Float at the riverbed

Years of passing through a city’s heart

And in all of our heads

When the three rivers make one

And down stream it flows

Through Chicago

Chicago CST

Chicago CST

Central Standard

I keep on planning

To make my way

To the Windy City

Last the cornfield to the north

Passes

Before the lake approaches

A feeling

Of lost but

Not stolen

Chicago

On my mind

As I head that way

New Year’s Sky

New Years Sky

New York City

Bustling streets

Everyday dreams

On the streets

Lifted up to

Empire high

Ever upwards

And continually so

Feeling the New Years glow

Eastern Seaboard Foam

The seaboard

Bustles in the east river

East of the Manhattan bustle

In Brooklyn

Memories

Of these sights

Pass through

My mind

On a morning

In Indiana

Ventura and Sunset

There is a place

I wish to go

When the snow gets cold

When the sun is

Grey with clouds

Obstructing the way

Out on the western edge

Way west

Just past Ventura

And Sunset

In January

Eve of February

Take me there

Evening sweet

Western Coffee Cup

The western coffee cup

Above the border

Where the wind is mild

And peaceful

Where the palms

Sway late into the night

Los Angeles

Abounds

When the western coffee cup

Is had west of town

Coffee Gallery

Coffee gallery

Of beans

From all over the world

One cup

One whirl

Spring water

Fresh through the grounds

Can be found

In any town

Coffee gallery with a view

To see the beauty of golden hues

Acidity

Acute Courage

Acute courage

Lingering verbiage

Subservient against

The grain

Go

Getter

In a time of full blown fear

Tearing at our hearts

And minds

Acute courage is needed

In the thickest of weeds

So that the strong can truly

Be