Tag: homesickness
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Resilience
Rows of trees have grown where I once only saw square houses lined up among dusty roads. The snow doesn’t fall so lightly with the rain scratching the mud and the spring leaves struggling to grow. I’m watching the birds pickup sticks and build new summer homes. Resilient, they build after the harsh winter season,…
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Penance
I’ve driven 11 thousand miles, in two hundred and ten-ish days, and all I’ve learned is the homesickness sets in as soon as the radio presets fill with static. They say I have this thing, some sort of way with words. But is another grand of miles the cost of a lonely word filled heart?…
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