36 Views of SF: 36+18. San Francisco, San Francisco
July 25, 2018

San Francisco, San Francisco
we fell in with each other
fell into bed with each other
you took me in
took me for a spin

San Francisco, San Francisco
i landed in you
you landed in me
we were there for each other
when America landed on us

learned to love again
learned to keep growing
after the fall
and fallafterfall

San Francisco, San Francisco
more people have come to you
many people have left you
you’re new again to me
like an old girlfriend
who just keeps changin’
wantin’ a bigger life

are we drifting apart?

i write these texts
to speak to you
i write these poems
to sing to you

ask myself what it is
i love about you
ask myself what it is
you want of you
ask myself what it is
i want of you
ask myself what it is
i haven’t seen of you

hardship and humility
keep my needs low
but i have more to give
do you need me?
do i just have a need to give to you?
should i just let that need go?

i’ve never been a taker
that much i know
in giving i receive
giving brings me back to my soul

but sometimes it hurts
to feel the short end of that game.
to feel unpartnered
in a house of overcautious names.

but that’s true for all givers to you.
i’m sure the earth feels shorted that way,
my mother too.

they never complain
but I hear them,
just the same.

just this 51-year-old kid
livin’ Kennedy’s call
asking himself
what more can he do
what will he be allowed to do
what is needed
when will he be called?

i guess I’ll have to do the calling
from this uncertain view
do the stylin’
in this quest to find you
find me
be me
be part of this
strange
and changing we

build knowledge, wisdom, skill
build compassion, goodwill

meet you again
fall in love, again

see you, really, for the first time
again

San Francisco, San Francisco
we live in each other’s palms

each of us
a little blind

leading each other
up and down
a steep, scenic wind

let’s help each other
up

let’s see each other

let’s see

 

Blog pairing: No, Self-Centeredness Is Killing America

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