Amsterdam

 
walking around
Amsterdam
high on hash and
eating strawberries
beckoning sunlight
and drinking coffee
the streets are beginning
to feel familiar
but at the same time
confusingly
similar
conducted by my motivation
every discovery that had
come to me
in favour of
atypical beauty
was worth the distance
canals are oil pastel
olive green and shades of purple
blue and cream
seabirds float between lines
and plastic lines the edges
leading naive travellers to
the dwellings of sex offenders
leading home savvy amsterdamers
leading tourists in circles

Amsterdam,
leading me
through a method of journey
of reflection
and of learning