The Return

Home at last, in body. But pieces of the mind & heart linger far behind in shadowy city corners and sunny valleys and long stretches of lonely autumn highways. Traveling is never merely what it seems. Unknowingly, we lose parts of ourselves to other places and to strangers who we meet in that odd in-between. We come back only in stages, and it takes a while for all of us -piece by forgotten piece - to return.