sidewalks

upon a street
in shoes that i cannot wear

the wind whistles through concrete blocks
inhabited
breathing eating shitting
full of people
in a city

within so many
i can become one

within so many
i can become a million

a job
a written career
a dream since childhood

fulfilled

but i will have to walk that path alone
with a million
without part of me

you will not follow
and i cannot pursuade myself to lead