Hello there, place that changed me.
Except you are me, aren’t you?
You hold all my memories and experiences.
You comfort me and scare me.

Truly, I can’t be without you.
Thank you.

In 26 years, you’ve endured.
Still there.
Still here.
Don’t you see, yet?
You’re the place that changed me.

Change is weird, isn’t it?
Constant.
Loved.
Hated.

But change… change is good.
You changed me. You did.
Do you know how?

I could’ve been dead.
I’m not.
I could be behind.
I’m not.
I could be poor, but I’m rich with learning and love.
You, the place that changed me, I adore.
You’re silly, and crazy, and always constantly with me.
You’re wise, and funny, and a place that continues to change me.

You’ve been an enigma, sometimes foreign.
But you’re a place still changing me.
I’d like to think I know you,
and just maybe I do.