<p>They shield each other from the wind</p><p>And, weaving a skyline</p><p>They present it as a gift to busy New Yorker</p><p> </p><p>They make waves of morning sunlight</p><p>In which birds swim</p><p> </p><p>Inside these buildings</p><p>Where so many people dwell<span style="color: #141823;">—</span></p><p><span style="color: #141823;">Working, loving, reconciling</span></p><p><span style="color: #141823;">Dreaming of the future</span><span style="color: #141823;">—</span></p><p><span style="color: #141823;">It is a place of solidarity with</span><br><span style="color: #141823;">Even to that solitary, high-priced tower standing alone</span><br><span style="color: #141823;">Upper East Side</span><br><span style="color: #141823;">Tribeca</span><br><span style="color: #141823;">Hudson Yards</span><br><span style="color: #141823;">They send forth their light</span><br><br><span style="color: #141823;">Radiating the warmth of presence</span><br><span style="color: #141823;">Sharing in ceaseless communication—</span><br><span style="color: #141823;">Between mountains and rivers around grasslands—</span><br><span style="color: #141823;">They serve as sanctuaries of the street</span><br><span style="color: #141823;">Enduring rainstorms and blizzards of starvation</span><br><span style="color: #141823;">Propping one another up—</span><br><span style="color: #141823;">These buildings—unlike that one—are not lonely.</span><br><br><span style="color: #141823;">To Henry Levine</span></p>
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