Broadway & Lime
At the intersection of friendship and memory
Time shifts the makeup of the storefronts
Roscoe's seems to hold on just fine
That new skyscraper sure is somethin' to behold
The Shoreline Gateway they call it
Tallest in the city
In rarefied air
Where dreams are far more than a chance encounter
A height fit for immersion into the Soul of the World
The beating heart of Long Beach
A city to call home, to be from
With pride despite the obvious flaws
Saying goodbye to people and places is never easy to do
At the end of it all I fade into the night
Meditating on a beach
Palms flat on the sand
The waves murmuring as they always do
Everything is more or less the same
Save for the knowledge that this is one last time
At least for a while
Chasing dreams and desires has its terms
Not giving up sometimes means moving on
Chapters of life closing and opening
Visiting memories is necessary for a while
To bridge the gap in belonging
Until life interjects and the next step is clear
Express gratitude towards what is comforting and familiar
While leaping, unquestioning, into the unknown
For when all days are no longer the same
Life truly begins
And this is the greatest moment of all
The moment before it all starts
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