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 Sometimes I forget what exhilarates me Heart pumping At every caught glance From across a crowded room My heart doesn’t flutter like it used to At the menial woos Of courtship I admire How you do it The feeling I get when you plant seeds of connection Between us Without a single syllable uttered When I wake up, I glow Unafraid that your love May have snuck out my window Before sun struck horizon The only lying you do  Is across my bed Head in my lap Fingers tracing roadmaps Through light brown strands Roundabouts of freckles trailing along your back and face I never have to question whether or not you will stay Whether your eyes feel the need to wander away With any pretty feather blowing about before the summer rain You and I fell in the throes of desert heat Rising with the sun Outstretched spires like daisies  Blossoming from salt strewn paths Dry beds accustomed to the company of fleeting strangers Comets with wakes of stardust of those they burned along the way Empty conversation

We are more than expensive drinks And city lights  Listen closely There is a heartbeat to these streets Songs echoing the horizons Endless skies in moonlit transit Beyond the Boulevard You’ll find us salt beneath bare feet Fires manifested  We are a city of misfits Rejects and weirdos  This is the closest we’ve ever been to freedom This is the closest I’ve ever been to home Helping hands pick up wind-whipped trash Helping hands feed the hungry, clothe the naked, shelter the forsaken… Helping hands pick up comrades  by the bootstraps We are stronger than these desert gusts Say it with your chest, listen to your gut We are better together Community builds social immunity Speak your piece Proudly sport hearts on sleeves You are safe here Fuck the haters We are Tribe Our only limit is time 5 minutes on the mic To drop that new shit Snaps and vibes We got you any day, any night From Henderson, to Northtown From Sun to Stars We got the Vegas lights reflecting  Like these spirits of ours Behi