9/10/2023 Loving Her

This city quickly became home

This took me by surprise

I’ve never cared for the city of Los Angeles

I didn’t understand the draw towards it

Los Angeles is chaos

It’s loud and intense

This city is a game of Russian roulette

You can never know all the edges and corners

But you know secrets hide in alleys

How can anyone find beauty in all this mess?

There are many things I could do without in this city

But they’ve become things that just are

I had things I loved and things I hated

But I couldn’t have the things I loved without mess

I can’t quiet say it’s a love/hate relationship even

The things I hated have now become things I accept

A complete parallel to my relationship with Her

I find it humorous

That the city I once dismissed now holds a special place in my heart

It is the city I learned to fall in love with myself