My time here in Chicago is almost over.
I don't want it to be,
But I know I gotta go home even if I don't want to.
But the thing is,
I feel more at home here
Then when I'm in Oregon.
I've made new friends here,
I get treated so much better here.
I have way more fun here,
And all my worries seem to have gone away.
I gotta go back tho.
It'd be selfish of me if I stayed here.
I couldn't do that to my friends.
Well the few I have left at least.
They mean the world to me.
I've grown while I'm here tho.
At least I think I have.
I've learned to just not worry so much,
Just let life happen.
When I was in the city,
I saw so many people living their lives.
A mom with a baby eating lunch with her friends outside a cafe,
An old couple riding the water taxi, looking completely content with themselves.
A bunch of teenagers running around and having fun while they headed to Lollapalooza.
Even when my world feels like it's crumbling, there's other people out there living there's.
And I just idk,
Just looking at everything and really thinking about life in general.
It's just so amazing to see everyone,
Strangers,
Just living life.
Idk it just got to me
And made me realize I need to stop moping around the whole time
I need to just start appreciating the little things.
I gotta learn to love myself before I give love to others.
I gotta just become a better me.
And that all starts by going home.
-Lily Anna🥀
