14. Returning (Myshkin, 2020) · quatrains

I wake up soft and quiet, by the lake It’s eery-nice how sounds have all gone out This stillness with the trees is what I’ll take Back home with me, and what I’ll talk about. But what’s home now? Is Shasta? Is my car? Is it that place with walls, with rent, with mail? For purpose, life and spirit I’ll go far. Will forest, village fight? Will one prevail? My city boy would spend four days to quest, Then go back home transformed, but not that much. It’s more complex now, and it’s for the best No cell of mine did nature fail to touch. So, I’ll be back. Some mission from above Has sent me here to learn new ways to love.