These tears, I'll remember-- Not of pain, but of bliss To come from nothing, To hear I'm nothing I dreamt of bright, city lights On the coast A place in books and film, A place I never visited Yet, somehow, I dearly missed That matched my spirit, That matched my energy Deep inside That never slept And I promised myself One day, I'll see you, One day, I'll walk those steps Amid the tallest skyscrapers Along with dreamers who never rest Today, I did Today, I felt at home among strangers Some singing, some partially dressed A melting *** of beauty, A melting *** of truth Everyone here has a story And it's vibrantly confessed An immigrant's hope A young woman's liberation from her past I cried tears of joy upon a park bench Fulfilling a promise to a young girl afraid to act