I can’t really be the only one

Who’s tried to begin life anew,

Chasing dreams in a foreign city

Unfamiliar people to come home to. 

Warm and gracious on the surface

Though never fully letting you in,

Their smiles remind of another life

Where people felt like your own kin. 

Seasons change, and you do too,

But old fears resurface to say hello

Will you find your real self here?

Embrace the journey and truly grow? 

What happens to the folks you left

Waving goodbye to you at the port,

Will your father live a healthy life?

Will your mother miss you more? 

What happens to them close friends?

Do they move on, think you have too? 

Or will they clasp tightly to the version

They remember fondly of them and you? 

Life is transient and memories fade

What was yesterday could slowly dull

Before all you have is your new life

And new people to fill the lull. 

I stand up now, to my own surprise

Embrace old fears and some new,

It’s all the same; life’s one big circle, 

Past and future flow in me and through.