Here I stand
On the precipice of great change
Buoyed by hope and insight
The harbor of my destiny begs my arrival
The waves of fear and doubt crash against my vessel
I remain unswayed
Steadied I go forth
forward moving
Giant
Sails girded in self satisfaction
This is my journey
I am the captain
This ship points towards the future and I
am setting sail.

Just a little off the cuff poem I wrote this morning, I’m not really a nautical writer but I figured hey why not, right? So the big day is tomorrow. I start my job at the UN. The UN! WOOOHOO! I have waited nearly 8 months for this day. The day before my first day of work. I have been in New York longer than I realized and now I can honestly say that I have a life down here. My mom used to tell me that when you move someplace new it takes nearly a year to adjust, I used to laugh and chalk this ridiculous “wisdom” up to our age differential. I figured that I grew up doing things quickly. I grew up with the internet, my friends and I were fast so I could settle down and have someplace feeling like home within a matter of months. Well Mom, if you’re reading this, You Were Right. There I said it, I even capitalized it. You were right. It is taking time to make this new place home but it’s happening. My life which felt out of context when I first got to NYC feels like home. I have a romantic relationship, I have close friends, I have acquaintances, I have hobbies (see the Lavender Light Gospel Choir and handmade card making), and my sense of self has returned, I feel like Albany me but…sassier, more confident, and happier. My life feels as if there is a pulsation of vitality that is constantly increased by the adventures I’m having here in NYC. That said, I think a little music to get me pumped today will be good, it’s a song I’ve been listening to on repeat on my I-pod and it makes me feel powerful. Don’t laugh, it’s Drake and Lil Wayne, “I’m Going In.”

Happy Sunday,
Simone Nicole