I fantasize about squatting the unoccupied buildings i walk by, i live in a basement and i am paying more for rent than i ever have. I think “why am I participating in a system i don't agree with”, I’ve never had a better landlord and it feels paralyzing, my partner is so happy with our place, i left my last place because my roommates were terrible, some of my close family likes in a apartment building that is almost entirely empty, they can’t begin construction until the tenants leave, they will replace the building with smaller suites that appeals more to the investment climate … it all looks modern and grey …
I wonder why i am living so timidly, Why don't i tell the people around me that i have something better to live for than just letting things continue as they are …
I have a bag of potatoes that are beginning to sprout, and i want somewhere to plant them,
I want a place to play my music, a place to share the things i care about
I want to be able to walk around at night and feel like i have a place in this city that i belong
I want to live my life daringly. But I don’t want to worry the people who matter most to me.
Hmm…
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I miss when i used to go into the woods with my friends as a kid, and build forts, we would dig into the clay, we would make huge Structures out of snow in the winter, and bring a thermos with hot drinks and sit together in our ice castle, there is something so primal about being able to create something just on an impulse, with no concept of a limit other than time in a day, I'm quite certain that if it weren’t for us having to go back to our homes for dinner and to school the next day we could have rebuilt the world.