Big City Dreams

Big City Dreams
by denny


I grew up in a small rural town
and dreamt of running off
to find adventure in the bigger world.
I’d watch the planes fly overhead and dream
of going wherever they were headed.
Somewhere away from the corner store
and all the gossip at the local café
where real life was taking place and
everything was shiny and new.

LA is a place of false hopes and
imaginary dreams where nothing
is quite what it seems.
I dream of running off
to find another place where life is real
somewhere perhaps I’ll find love
something meaningful;
and real dreams
that don’t get trampled under foot.