Seattle

Seattle Space Needle, originally uploaded by DiGitALGoLD.

I wrote this little goodbye poem to Seattle during my visit in February

Sipping solemn, Seattle
Your frayed edges
Sopping up puddles
While you shuffle for burgers
and beers

I saw you marching,
Waving your flags
So fast I couldn't grab
your message
I know you meant it
(whatever it was)

You haven't changed (your hair)
Though the lines on your face,
The creases and highways
From scowls and smiles
Are deep from pacing back and forth
Like Friday night on Broadway

Fame will never have you
But you don't mind
You've got the love you want

It's stretching out, waiting
At the bottom of your glass

Goodbye, old love
(grow old with grace)