City creature

The city is a a different creature these days

Having shed her winter coat

She's almost unrecognizable to me

Though she intrigues me still

I woke to the thought of you

Smiled and got on with starting my day

While I know you are deep in slumber

I wonder what you dream about

And how all our dreams play a role in our waking lives

I have been reading a lot this week

Of civilization and the philosophers' ideas 

I hear my own hopes echo in some of their words

I am given into moments of seeing bigger pictures

Of realizing that most of what I know is still conditioned, socialized and not entirely my own pure thought 

But this inspires me to forge my own meaning

I think of you in this context

And smile