Visiting

In my hometown driving around, a surreal haze descends Almost a year away and I can barely find me Treasures kept are hard to find and fit Foundations of yesterday are broken branches strewn Everything seems to have disappeared from here I changed my life and it’s like this just quit I let countryside roll past my windows to clear the settled fog See my old homes have become just a house of faded light Memories go round and round. A kaleidoscope Endings of ages ago that are what made me I’m a visitor on foreign soil breezing by on my way home Navigating my emotions is like being on a tightrope Someone taps my shoulder. A vision of days past A brief pull of sadness for all those days and winding paths But some ideals are best left in the alley alone in the dark I’ve planted new trees whose branches now surround me Sign posts heading to new routes as I say good-bye But it is lovely to see you. Among the echoes you left your mark 6-29-2019 Tri-Con Poetry Contest Sponsor: Emile Pinet Nostalgia Contest 2nd place