City Lights Volume 1.5
I'm a city boy looking to leave it and come back every once in a blue moon. I've always lived in the suburbs, lived in nice neighborhoods most of my life (outside Korea); but now as I grow to the man who will continue in this young man's body I see that my "Massie" roots are coming out. From what I was told, my name sake is from a little town in southern VA called Amhurst. I've been there once, and saw by grandfathers grave and where basically the name Massie came from. It was small, it was pleasent and it was quiet. Fast forward to now, I live in the wealthest county in American, came from the wealthest African American county in the United States; live outside one of the highest profiled cities in the country. For my ride into work in DC I passed the Monument, White House, and many other landmarks. Going to the city isn't a big thing to me cause its only "down the street".
So, that leads me to this....I want to get away from the city and go "home". I picture my "home" as a house with land, could be in a suburb, but some place where I can have a normal, slow life. Life here, in VA is too quick. Even with the horrible traffic the lifestyle is "get it here, and get it here NOW". I am a "it will get here, don't worry" type person. I don't care for all the glamour and glits of the city lights. I rather have a bloodhound on the front porch and a rocking chair.
Call me old fashion, but it is simple. No worrying about if Cox is going to screw you on the bill or if your car is going to be stolen in the morning. (Thats what the shotgun in the closet is for). A big oak tree, that you watch grow from a seedling to a childrens toy to a mightly cover for the sun. Being the orginial and only owners of a house and knowing everything about it. The memories, the heartaches, the good times and the bad. I can't have this life here, not now and probably not in my lifetime.
I can be happy with a steady income and no BMW in the garage; most people around here want to prove they have something, when really its all for another person to see. I rather not be seen in the city lights, but in the lights by the stars at night.....
I want to go home
So, that leads me to this....I want to get away from the city and go "home". I picture my "home" as a house with land, could be in a suburb, but some place where I can have a normal, slow life. Life here, in VA is too quick. Even with the horrible traffic the lifestyle is "get it here, and get it here NOW". I am a "it will get here, don't worry" type person. I don't care for all the glamour and glits of the city lights. I rather have a bloodhound on the front porch and a rocking chair.
Call me old fashion, but it is simple. No worrying about if Cox is going to screw you on the bill or if your car is going to be stolen in the morning. (Thats what the shotgun in the closet is for). A big oak tree, that you watch grow from a seedling to a childrens toy to a mightly cover for the sun. Being the orginial and only owners of a house and knowing everything about it. The memories, the heartaches, the good times and the bad. I can't have this life here, not now and probably not in my lifetime.
I can be happy with a steady income and no BMW in the garage; most people around here want to prove they have something, when really its all for another person to see. I rather not be seen in the city lights, but in the lights by the stars at night.....
I want to go home
posted by BMass at 22:38
2 Comments:
You know im feelin you on this one...NC State here we come! Im done with all the hustle and bustle (extra emphasis on the HUSTLE) of No. VA. Im tryin to go home...get me some acerage and kick it with my "Henderson clan" already in tha process of forming. I encourgage you to keep makin them steps to get home, Me and my clan are making them steps to get home, and Ill see you when you get there.
i hear ya bruh! as much as im a city boy.. i wanna go home!
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