A sign of the time

Without my mind

I am worthless

To be held up

From the chaos

And abrupt

Changes of

This world

A clear day

Is the adversary

Of the dark and cold

Winter months

So on a summers sweet

Step

The city blossoms

From the west

Into the city

Over the bridge

The Chicago Skyway

A beauty that is

From way above

And down below

A city scape

I have come to know

What did I want

I wanted nothing

What did I do

I did nothing

What did I say

I spoke nothing

And the wind blew

And my hair grew long

And grey

And then

One day

I spoke the words

I had sought

For many years before

To give love

To be love

And to be sweet

In being given away

I was cold

Until now

The warmth is back

In my fingers

And heart

Here no there

I can’t understand

The plan

To go from

The mighty

Hopes of today

To the realities of tomorrow

It’s neither here nor there

Nor anywhere

So where is the

Promise of tomorrow

If it’s not around

Here

We couldn’t get

Our hands

On the most valuable

Lands

Creeping to the sky

With real estate

Blowing by

The standards

Of housing

So we will live

Simply

Or as simple as we can

For now

You and I

Off of Lake Michigan

Down on Belmont

Next to Broadway

There is a place

That lines up

Out the door

Not always

But once more

The caramel taste hue

More than a drink

A life

Lifestyle

It’s where I learned something

I can’t quite explain

But the reality of age

Has the same

Effects

As that coffee did

Years ago

Up we go

So let’s keep

Rolling

When the hope

Is gone

So I hear

A new hope

Is coming

And I wait for the new

Bet coming in