New York City

I am here,

And I am alive,

Big city,

Two girls walk into the Starbucks,

With 7-11 coffees in hand,

To get creamers,

City vibrant with life at night,

And in the morning,

Subways and theaters,

Street artists,

Dynamic retail space available,

Everywhere I feel movement,

Best art in the smallest places,

People are the same,

Yet business and busyness settle in,

Press the soul,

To be the best you are,

In your smallest places,

Excitement is apparent everywhere-

But in their faces,

And a little girl,

Struggles with cancer,

Bravely negotiating it all,

She is alive,

And she is here.



Peter Lowell Paulson

June 30, 2011