Austin Blues

By focusing on my Austin Blues
I set myself up to lose
Perspective on my circumstance
And therefore give up every chance

Of seeing beauty in this place
How can I when I won't embrace
Change, the new, another page
In my life - instead I rage

And rant and say it isn't fair
Austin can't win when I compare
My romanticized memories of Cary
My former love, it's adversary

And I too am doomed to lose
As moments pass and still I choose
To resist reality and change
And set up house on Memory Lane

There is no one that I can blame
For this self-inflicted pain
I'm meant to live within the present
Not to be filled with resentment

Easy words to say, it's true
But changing my gloomy view
And seeing Austin in a rosy hue
Is not an easy thing to do

And with that said, my last blue note
I vow, from now, I will devote
Myself to granting a fair shake
To Austin - I've wiped clean the slate

Comparisons are now aside
I'll view this city with new eyes
And see the beauty that's within
My current town, my home, Austin