memory woods

three hours total road time
with only a little bit of traffic
return trip from memory lane
as it turns out found myself
missing the youth time
to see it now through older eyes
as it turns out a builder of happiness
on the solid foundation of
everything bringing me back
after twenty-five years
at least and it doesn’t feel like
two hundred miles away
back to reality now
smart enough to take a few
more days to rest and
appreciate my mom
on vacation in a place she loves
our family’s memory lane
as it turns out
still drinking coffee
closer to midnight
doesn’t seem possible
woke up in the woods of Maine
three hours away
memory woods
as it turns out...