Brooklyn

I am Coney Island in my heart
I am Atlantic Avenue in my liver
I am Sunset Park in my toes and fingers
I am Bushwick in my fears
I am Bay Ridge in my home and in my safe
I am the Gowanus in things I don’t understand
I am the Belt when I am frustrated
I am Red Hook when I feel like an adventure
I am in love in the Brooklyn Bridge
I am Brighton when I am the sea
I am the G that travels underground to oblivion
I am the me that made me in my place that grew me in a world that has love to all
her children