North
To the City of Wind
The cornfields and windmills quickly disappear
Industry
Large pipes of liquid gold cross over
Freight at double our speed
Buildings hide humans within
We slow to a crawl as we approach
People
On the streets
Waiting for something to begin
Urgency never satisfied
South
To the State of the Flowers
Mountains wave up at us
Traveling at inconceivable speed
Occasion
Dress to impress
Everyone you already know
Witness a joining of lives
Celebration
Dance with a stranger
Consume decadent dessert
Adoption
Into a new family
More reasons to visit
Reality
Always changing
A life forgotten
An alternate Path
A bridge to the Past
Future
Optimism over Struggle
Deeper Connection
Completely Unknown
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I’m not sure my comment went through. I got an error message. So here’s what I said.
I absolutely love this, and I’ve been trying to put into words why it’s so striking to me. Here we have both the big picture and specific details, both distance and closeness, both the “old” and the “new,” and it’s all so beautifully expressed in this poem.
If this doesn’t get to you, I may seriously have to go the carrier pigeon route. The site says it’s detecting duplicate comments. Can you believe my initial college major was computer science? 😉
Cheryl
I can see it now. I have the spam filter pretty high on this. 😁