The lights of the city
Brimmed with
Possibility
To try the new faces
Of creation
To be unique and different
Everyday
That goes by
This is the light of the city
In my eye
The lights of the city
Brimmed with
Possibility
To try the new faces
Of creation
To be unique and different
Everyday
That goes by
This is the light of the city
In my eye
The laugh came
But held
In the tongue
Bit from the words
Of comedy
Flung on the moment
The delirium
At question was no longer
At bay
And the laughter came
Running
Away
Let’s run
Into 2024
With a new life
From the start
Of a new moment
From the smoke
A drink
A new life
Of a party
Brought from the neighborhoods
Of Chicago
Finishing words
Said on a long night
From the hopes of
Tomorrow
From Lake Michigan
We go again
Into a late night
Expensive Harbor
Blows down the sand
Of time
Brushes the houses
With light
Water
To see the removal
Exposed
The extent
Of which life
Can just be
Washed away
What was it you said
Inner peace
Comes through the motion of
Letting go
On a night
When all else
Seems over
Tonight
I can see the path
To deeply agreeing
On what makes us
Human
The moments
Of regret
Lend
Themselves
To the right
Types of lies
So hold on tight
To the contrition
In your soul
Bitter times
Or better times
All the time
If any time
Is good on this earth
So I take
A moment
To reflect
On the gift of life
For this time
Is the only time
We have
Earthflax
In the old house
In the room
Where I heard your voice
Say
That we should leave
A time
Unlike to day
The earthflax
Was the owner
Was the way