NYC-Big City Lights

i.

Big city lights
busy city nights
car horns sounding as
off beats
to taxi doors slamming
claustrophobic?
sometimes.
Life presses on all sides
humanity surrounding you
fear?
not really.
if anything, kinship.
appreciation.
affirmation.
like grain swaying in the summer breeze
the distances between us
are forever changing
near and far.
near and far.

ii

that warmth you feel inside?
it's not all
just the alcohol
you feel connected
to the world around
reject those notions of barriers
walls surrounding
a few drinks in
and we all wear our hearts on our sleeve
no longer feeling the need
to be anyone other than
who
we
are.

iii

and the lights spread out before you
beyond sight
beyond view
beyond comprehension
expansive

the only apt comparison
for those big city lights
are the stars that
glimmer above every night
decorating the sky
like a paintbrush with parkinsons
they blow us away
we are but one light in the city
and in the sky we are but one star.