Wien, Wien
Heart pounding, cheeks flushing
Like the very first time
cafe and Kebab, Fiaker and Schnitzel
treading lightly into an unwritten future through streets trodden with the past
lanes orchestrating
life encounters
arteries pulsating
joy and sorrow
Donaukanal’s winter wind stinging,
Augarten’s black ravens singing,
Burggarten’s roses soothing
and Gloriette’s morning view
Bahr, Kraus, Altenberg, Schnitzler
Who has defined you?
all and none
being what you want to be
when the time comes to be it
I come to you and you leave with me
to love you, impossible
to not, unthinkable
you give, you take
you heal, you break
you taunt, you charm
and go on and on
Immerwährende Wien. Immerwährende Wien. 
