Rain filled city streets
Row houses adorned with Christmas lights
I take your hand now without worry

I love every sight on my own
Absorb it
Photograph it
Breathe in the wet earth
The smokers gathered outside cobalt and gold lit bars
Laughter popping like bubbles as we walk
Our own leaving a trail in the wind as we go
Churches glowing with a transcendent light
Delicious smells spilling from take out restaurants as people hurry out
I want it all
I want to walk the streets entranced and dancing inside

I love all the sights on my own, but my boy I’m getting a contact high just by looking at you in the corner of my eye
So let me tell you
Holding your hand is making my blood sizzle like seltzer
I don’t want to worry about how this will turn out

I’m gonna revel in the side walks and the architecture
And I’m going to revel in you for as long as I can
Cuz you make me ache like I’ve never known, in city I have a history with as long as my life.

And the city, she whispers to me sweet, “Welcome home, love while it’s good, I’ll still have you no matter the end. You’ve come back to me so many times before.”

And I smile and take his hand and trust my city will have me when I fall or if I land