It makes me think

Of the serene atmosphere

That plays in my mind

As I walk down

Somewhere I’ve never been before

Like the cold familiarity

Of the whispering wind

The rustling trees

And the wet gravel

Beneath my feet

Like the bright memories

That engulf my mind

My eyes

With nothing I want to see again

Like the way the city shines

When nobody walks the street

Like when I was a kid

Peering out the car window

Falling asleep to the soft

Metronome of lights

As I returned from a gathering

That I didn’t belong at

Like every time I escaped

And the neighborhood was quiet

And dark

And I could hear my breaths echoing

And the light never let me be invisible