Italy for the pasta
Bora Bora for the sea
Paris for the romance
Thailand for the beach
Brazil for the carnivals
India for the tea
Carribean for the chicken
Argentina for the beef
The list could go on
But anywhere with you
Is the most wonderful place to be

Dreams encased in your mind
Intertwined like a tangled pair of earphones
Among the 70,000 other thoughts
That pass through each day
To impatiently wait or to make haste

To reach for what is yet to be
A visionary living in a temporary reality
I want to bathe in hot chocolate
With an unlimited supply of custard creams
To dunk whenever I please

It seems crazy to believe
You can win your battle with beliefs
Don’t be afraid to go after your dreams
Because it’s better to try and fail
Than to never have tried at all

Problems with authority
We were like vigilantes
Who swiftly moved
From one spot to another
Like undercover rebels
A bunch of kids who meddled
In things they shouldn’t
Growing up too fast for their own good
But who should they have listened to
They weren’t sure what they wanted
The freedom of youth and the wisdom of getting older
Such a contradicting delusion
Carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders
Would soon anchor them down
Before it was passed on to the next generation
Unless they solved the mysteries themselves

The morning after the after party
The subtle ringing in my ear
Echoes of Drake and Playboi Carti
Empty roads and fresh air
The streets wearing it’s sheen so well
Yet tainted from last nights antics
There is no one to be seen
Just me and my skateboard
The wheels cemented to the concrete
As my mind focuses on the moment

Seconds pass by and I notice
Cotton candy skies
Its around 6am in Dalston
My tired eyes glued to the sunrise
I don’t know where I am going
I don’t know how I will get there
The wind pushing me in one direction
My mind playing devils advocate
Urging me to take another
I shall go where I will end up
I have no doubt I will find myself
When I finally arrive there

I feel so grateful
For everything and everyone
From the roots that lie beneath the earth
To the stars and the sun

For the lessons I’ve learned
For the movie like moments
For the journey that lies ahead
For the wise words spoken

To be able to breathe
Touch taste and see
To be able to hear and feel
The love I give and receive

For the picturesque views
With colours your eyes couldn’t imagine
For the sacrifices made
So I can follow my passions

The list goes on ...

When our names are no longer whispered
From the lips of our successors
When our achievements are but a distant memory
To those who inhabit the future
It's easy to forget
We continue to live
Through the will and actions of others

Like a domino effect
All it takes is one person
To change the world
The ability to influence is passed down
Like the soft ripples in a pool
Till the cycle starts again
Forever repeating itself