“We are New York”
Wandered by many
wondered by all;
Here we find ourselves,
searching the footsteps
of millions before.
This chartered territory,
this most chartered territory,
we must still explore.
East side and crosstown-
avenues, side streets, pathways and parks
We file in;
We bring our children,
our friends,
our selves,
our true selves.
We bare what’s inside;
We dare to explore,
the corners, the sights
the stories, the legends, the lights.
We are welcomed
by her shores.
Yes, HER shores;
Maybe that is why we come,
because even if we fall
she will help us rise like the phoenix
again and again;
Out of our ashes
above the gritty and the glam,
over the noise of human program,
because inside of her
We are free!
Wild spirits, wild hearts,
senses saturate and scream out-
Here you are free!
Here in this city-
Here we are,
We are
Her pulse and her breath;
Here we are,
We are
Her heart and her glands;
Here we are,
We are
Her freedom and her soul;
Here we are,
We are
New York.
