Jersey City is where I was born <br />I woke up to see many a dawns <br /> <br />It's not a bad city, it was a place to live <br />But there were many times it didn't forgive <br /> <br />The streets were tough, the winter's cold <br />It s city you can embrace, but one you can never hold <br /> <br />The streets will own you and rule you <br />There's not too much one can do <br /> <br />After some years you'll be ready to leave <br />It will no longer have the things you need <br /> <br />That's when you know it's time to leave <br />Because in the city you can longer believe <br /> <br />Now people grow up there and decide to stay <br />But so many many more just go a different way <br /> <br /> <br />6-18-10/RJH<br /><br />Ray Hansell<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/my-hometown-7/
