something to come back to

colored pencils, 2021 There are nights, like tonight, that remind me in ways of what it was like when I first moved to the city over 7 years ago. A fresh grad with a salary so low they had to increase the base pay for all entry level employees when minimum wage was raised because it didn't meet the threshold. At that time, I was play acting an adult, waking up each morning and soaking in every new…