| Commentary and Philosophy Poetry
posted January 5, 2022 |
a grew up In Berkeley but have not been back for a while.
Hark,
I hear the spirits
Of Berkeley
Calling me home.
The more I roam in this world
The more I am drawn
Back to the land
From whence I came.
Berkeley, California
Is what it is
And sometimes
It is what it ain't.
Berkely is a "how Berkeley, can you be vibe" town, an African diaspora, an Asian American city, an anti-big box store vibe, an artistic city, A Berkeley High school rocks place, the Berkeley hills, the birth of the black panthers, the spiritual home of the beatniks, bike friendly, The Berkeley Rep rules, To the rest of the world, a very "Berserkly place" a Buddhist friendly city, filled with deep, dark memories, a vibrant Chinese-American city, creative city, Home to CAL with 40,000 students who flood into the city nine months of the year, Coffee is God Mecca, craft beer paradise, a crazy city. A cool city, a cutting edge technology, a delicious food is everywhere around the corner sort of town, a diverse although less day by day as it now a very expensive city,
A very unique city, a pro-vac place, vibrant, vegetarian and vegan friendly, yet still offering enough meat options for the carnivores, University professors, staff and students, city employees alike and still the ultimate university town but as you can see by now, so much more than that, yoga is God kind of town where yoga is mandatory, Yuppie place, a zany city, a zestful town, and lately a zoom work by home town, Berkeley is all of that and so more in short. Berkely is an of kind sort of place, unique in all the universe and it is my homeland,
But still, I am drawn
And want to return
Before my time is done,
As it remains
My spiritual homeland.
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I grew up in Berkeley in the 60s and 70s, but have not lived there since go back every few years and I want to return there in a few years for good. It is a very special place but expensive to live in as if most of California these days. Oh well, I will be there one of these days.
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