Big City kid

Fifteen years ago I moved

I was two years old

Now I am seventeen

The big city kid

It's hard to believe a town of 44,597

Can be considered a city.

Being a big-city kid

Comes with benefits

I know how to walk alone

And be scared to be followed

While knowing what it's like 

To watch fireworks fill the sky

And church street fills with the songs of change.

I know what it's like to walk through UVM

Watch frat bros playing ping pong in hardly any clothing

See teens dressed in shiny dresses 

On their way to slamming parties

Where everyone goes home drunk.

As a big-city kid, I have seen

Stores go under due to COVID

And chains taking their place

Christmas trees filling up parking lots

And Santa in Homeport wishing shoppers happy holidays.

For fifteen years I have called this place home

And in three I will say goodbye

Bound for a dorm room in another city

But I will always remember my city

Keep these memories locked in a special place in my heart.