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New York
July 2014
As I walk along the pavement or as the locals say
“sidewalk”, people here say things weirdly but then I’d be ignorant not to
think that they think I speak weirdly. My heart drums singling along to the
buzzing of the people, so many people who all have places to be. Each have their
own urgent mission, yet they choose this city to find it in. The city is like a
symphony, the car horns sound in time with the murmur of the people. I quickly skip down the subway steps making
sure not to step in any puddles. I run my metro card along the silver machine
that has years of wear and tear. Everyone has a code which they follow, stay
out of my way and I’ll stay out of yours. Follow it or suffer the consequences.
Of course my card doesn’t work the first time I have another go and breathe out a
sigh of relief.
I love this city, each person so different yet anyone and
everyone fits in. Everything working in unison yet all strumming along to their
own beat, I am in awe. They say New York is “the city that never sleeps” but I think
the saying should be “the city that is always moving” you can take that
metaphorically or literally. As I sit on the subway, thanking the gods that I
got a seat my eyes start to wander. Looking at people wondering what their
story is. Each so different and colourful, I wish I could talk to each and
every one. Take each story and tell it through my own perspective. Sometimes I
think about what it would be like to be someone else, to see the world through
their eyes, worry about what they worry about, laugh at what they would laugh
at.
But I am one person, in a world of so many. Yet my world
feels so small, so insignificant. That’s why I like New York, because although
you may not know what your life means you have all these other lives to connect
to.
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