atlanta is my lover (repost from myspace)

may 7, 2007:

Atlanta has never led me astray

Atlanta has never turned me aside


She uses my memories to paint her walls

And I brace her skyscrapers with my eyelashes


Atlanta creates stages where I am one in a crowd

And holds cracks and crevices where I am a shadow


Atlanta shields me from nothing

And freckles my face


Atlanta's formal dress is mist

She draws night about herself as a cloak

And wears the moon as her jewel


The color of Atlanta is dazzling green and charcoal

And I dress to blend in


My life is my city's camouflage.

I wander boldly down her steaming streets

And grip her hills with my bare feet


Atlanta greets me like a child

She always knew would return


I slide seamlessly into

Dew-covered leaves and

Strangers offering their hearts to strangers


Atlanta has never held me in her arms

But she offers me her lap


Inviting me to lie down

And weep if I must


Atlanta always looks up
And I will always look back.