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for six years
I have been honing my skills
of jumping, falling, and landing.

for six years
I have put myself in more
uncomfortable situations I can
describe or imagine or remember.

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is the job done?

job's not done.

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I came here
because I needed a different stage
for my dreams and fears,
a louder echo to my thoughts,
a higher fall to my failures.

I wanted different people,
different meanings,
different seekers.
I wanted to be one between many,
test my selves against the crowds
of relevant and irrelevant ones.

I needed to hate, and scream,
feel the pain, and the sorrow,
the anger, and the joy.
I needed to feel home, and homeless,
close, and far. I needed
to be.
to exist.
to cease.
to start.

I gave myself a chance,
in this city.

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Now I'm learning here to love.
Myself.
This Life.
You.

Job's not done.

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