Winter Blues<\/p>\n
I once feared the cold<\/p>\n
I shuttered at the thought<\/p>\n
Of the thought of loneliness<\/p>\n
How would I get through<\/p>\n
The winder blues<\/p>\n
I would ask?<\/p>\n
During summer months,<\/p>\n
I have the summer to keep me warm<\/p>\n
The sun alone keeps me<\/p>\n
Company<\/p>\n
What would I do?<\/p>\n
What could I look forward to?<\/p>\n
See, I live by the Sea<\/p>\n
And my neighbors<\/p>\n
Leave for the City<\/p>\n
Leaving me alone<\/p>\n
In Silence<\/p>\n
Isolation<\/p>\n
With winter approaching<\/p>\n
I realized there\u2019s Brooklyn<\/p>\n
And opportunity to see lights<\/p>\n
People<\/p>\n
Diversity<\/p>\n
They say many don\u2019t cross the bridge<\/p>\n
But I did<\/p>\n
Across the bridge<\/p>\n
Is where people meet<\/p>\n
And listen to great beats<\/p>\n
We dress up<\/p>\n
And dance from Ten to Sunrise<\/p>\n
Making winter a treat<\/p>\n
Winter once was a time<\/p>\n
Where I shuttered in<\/p>\n
Engaging in crafts<\/p>\n
And reading<\/p>\n
Is now a time<\/p>\n
I celebrate<\/p>\n
I love to dance<\/p>\n
I love to sing<\/p>\n
The cold that once shook my bones<\/p>\n
Now shakes<\/p>\n
As I move around<\/p>\n
And leave my town<\/p>\n
For lights and people<\/p>\n
And an opportunity to<\/p>\n
Talk<\/p>\n
See and Listen<\/p>\n
Summer to winter<\/p>\n
Long beach to Brooklyn<\/p>\n
I now love the transition.<\/p>\n
Each night a theme<\/p>\n
To prepare and wear for<\/p>\n
The ability<\/p>\n
To get out of this box<\/p>\n
This studio that I live in<\/p>\n
To see the world<\/p>\n
And all its\u2019 colors<\/p>\n
Creativity<\/p>\n
Ringing<\/p>\n
Bringing people together<\/p>\n
An opportunity to overcome weather<\/p>\n
Short skirts<\/p>\n
Cropped tops<\/p>\n
Scandalous outfits<\/p>\n
One can be demure<\/p>\n
Or whatever they want to be<\/p>\n
As in Brooklyn<\/p>\n
Expression of freedom<\/p>\n
Is a thing<\/p>\n
The ability to express<\/p>\n
Through clothes<\/p>\n
Spirit<\/p>\n
And Dress<\/p>\n
It is a wonderful experience<\/p>\n
I usually am<\/p>\n
The first to dance<\/p>\n
And the last to leave<\/p>\n
For I travel and believe<\/p>\n
In making the most out of my time<\/p>\n
When I spend a pretty dime<\/p>\n
I have met many people during my travels<\/p>\n
Those with a creative spirit like me<\/p>\n
The brick and mortar<\/p>\n
Of surrounding buildings<\/p>\n
Covered in art and graffiti<\/p>\n
Is a place I call home<\/p>\n
I now look forward to winter months<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t need to spend money on a lavish vacation<\/p>\n
I can take the train to woodside<\/p>\n
Which is a hop and skip away<\/p>\n
From what I call paradise.<\/p>\n
See the cold is only a season<\/p>\n
And season\u2019s bring change<\/p>\n
Leaves dry<\/p>\n
Snow falls<\/p>\n
People dress in jackets and boots<\/p>\n
Covering their toes and fingers<\/p>\n
Protecting their skin from the wind<\/p>\n
But once inside<\/p>\n
The layers come off<\/p>\n
Breathing sunlight<\/p>\n
For the lights of the room<\/p>\n
And the music playing<\/p>\n
Brings heat<\/p>\n
Beneath our feet<\/p>\n
We sing<\/p>\n
We hum<\/p>\n
We clap<\/p>\n
There\u2019s something uniquely special about Brooklyn<\/p>\n
A place where one feels free<\/p>\n
To be whatever they want to be<\/p>\n
They could be a he<\/p>\n
They could be a she<\/p>\n
We can be whatever we want to be<\/p>\n
A place of inclusion<\/p>\n
Away from judgement and seclusion<\/p>\n
Brooklyn is a borough<\/p>\n
Like no other<\/p>\n
A borough built on grit, strength and perseverance<\/p>\n
Where people get together<\/p>\n
To sing & dance<\/p>\n
Long Beach is nice in the summer<\/p>\n
But Brooklyn is better in the winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winter Blues I once feared the cold I shuttered at the thought Of the thought of loneliness How…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":88051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[174,13509,47646,18659,131,133,132,7998],"class_list":["post-88050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-beach","tag-brooklyn","tag-from","tag-long","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-to"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}