those streets
land stolen from the Lenape
built with the blood of those enslaved
my pocket full of dreams has drowned
washed ashore brave
this concrete jungle doesn't make dreams anymore
this concrete imploded decades ago
those big lights inspired you
breakthrough
battery floods destroy like fires do
so many places in the world can now compare
remembering
firework fills the air
those streets who made me feel brand new
flooded 100x more often
I made it here
I suffered here
I drowned down here
life was once defined
no more state of mind
land stolen from the Lenape
built with the blood of those enslaved
my pocket full of dreams has drowned
washed ashore brave
this concrete jungle doesn't make dreams anymore
this concrete imploded decades ago
those big lights inspired you
breakthrough
battery floods destroy like fires do
so many places in the world can now compare
remembering
firework fills the air
those streets who made me feel brand new
flooded 100x more often
I made it here
I suffered here
I drowned down here
life was once defined
no more state of mind
Notes
The tribute of Alicia Keys to New York city inspired to write this poem of a city like many: flooded, heated, unhabitable if we don’t act on the climate crisis.
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The tribute of Alicia Keys to New York city inspired to write this poem of a city like many: flooded, heated, unhabitable if we don’t act on the climate crisis.
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