An old friend

Are you surprised? You didn’t know this about her? You have been old friends and you are still discovering her.
Like a city we love.
Both, you and the city, change. What do you look in her for now that is different from before? You react to the city changes through your expectations. Some things you wished had never changed, but they had. Do you feel betrayed? Or you accept it with open heart and dance a new tango?
Why not? You also changed! As I did.
Like a book you never wanted to end, you can stop and keep some pages to discover. Some secrets can be kept from your old friend, or hidden places to visit in the city of your heart where you once were young, where you now are older.
But that doesn’t stop you from being surprised by places you had visited before but maybe only now you can really appreciate.
Because you are older.
Because it makes the city even richer to you.

Minnie Freudenthal
Julho, 2019