Wednesday, April 18, 2012

In This Lonely City, A Poem

I wrote a poem about this city of Angels I’ve been living in for the past few months of my life. While I have found there to be an abundance of beautiful things and people here in LALA Land, there are definitely times when this city’s lack of a collective voice can get to me. What I realized, though, is that if you can be yourself regardless of where you are or who you are with, then you will always find bliss. It is up to us to disconnect from the junk around us and realize our complete and utter control to only accept positive aspects of the world as our truth. Though a bulk of this poem depicts the quirks of Hollywood, the moral of the story is that if you’re lonely, or unhappy, it isn’t your location’s fault. It’s up to you to see beauty in everything and everyone you meet, and to see the connections and love, even in a seemingly lonely city.


The Lonely City

Millions of people
Worlds away
Disconnected purposefully
“Creating" themselves.
In this lonely city.
Trapped behind their shades
In the darkness of the sun
Content in false happiness
Everything is distorted.
In this lonely city.
Climbing the invisible ladder
Scavenging for scraps
Sticking their toes in ice cold water
Faking it until they find out they didn’t want to make it
In this lonely city
Let’s do lunch
I forgot
Cancel last minute
Something just came up
In this lonely city.
I got cast!
I got used!
I got Tan!
Well, spray tanned.
In this lonely city
On the stage
Behind the screen
Under the lights
Anyone can seem a star
In this lonely city.
I am hurt
I am Lost
I am just one
In this lonely city
I am true
I fall hard
I live deep
In this lonely city
How does one find art?
How does one find home?
How does one find peace?
In this lonely city

Remember where you came from
Find the connections
And let your soul roam free
It’s up to you
Even in this lonely city.

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