returning to yourself:
it can be a long trip
depending how far you went
and how far you want to go
(it's not always equal
distance grows with time
in multiple ways
but the more time passes
and the more it grows
the clearer you can see
your goals and also
where you came from)
it's a paradox of sorts
in my own right i want to
return to myself
but first if have to
collect it all. the pieces
of myself that you took
when i gather them back
to make a coherent self
(that's very difficult
and perhaps something
not everyone manages)
i will then walk there
and i'll take the songs
the names the places
the jokes the scents
the hours the poems
last but not least:
the memories and time
i'll make it all mine again-
(take it back to where
i'm going, you see)
walk away from what
i wish i could take back