City Parks

Barcelona City Center: Photo taken by the author.

What is it I love
about these
city parks?

A re-centering zone
to break up
my day.

A thinking place
so my goals don’t
run away.

Sifting the junk
to find
the gold.

What is today
really meant
to hold?

A spirit of heaviness
fell upon me
at the hostel.

I needed to leave
that place
to recalibrate.

Instantly
— that spirit
left me when
I arrived at the park.

Thank you for reading!

© Orla Kenny

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