Essences

I've been feeling a bit stifled. I forget sometimes that my personality is a valid one. My views are valid, respectable. My laugh is respectable. My personality is legitimate, no more second guessing. So I remember Lawrence Kansas.

When i need to remember myself i think of hazy lit streets late at night.
I think of harmonicas, banjos and saxophones
When I need to remember myself I hear a train whistle.
I feel a wicker basket and bisqueware
I smell rainy streets and hear thunderclaps
I wear Birkenstocks, smell weed, cigarettes.
Drink espresso and eat guacamole.
Concerts, white sundresses.....
KU basketball and
Nickel Creek and
Norah Jones and
South Park.
The essence of who I am.
For when I need to remember.