Sunset In Baltimore [Observatory]

I have seen the silence
Of the city's coat of snow
And I have heard the grasses
Through the sidewalk try to grow

I have walked the alleys
As the chatter fell to rest
And I have seen the nightly winds
And felt them in my chest

I have passed the bayside
And weeks ago I stalled
As ripples chased each other
To the edges of the wall

And I remember thinking
'What a luxury today
With all the fears of old resolved,
To sit and watch the bay.'