Homeward

Island winter — photo by Jordan Chalfont used with permission

Cast adrift.
Forever immigrants.
Homesick even when we’re there.
Every step, the first.
Looking back, longing to see the beginning,
we miss the start. The end,
catches us on the back foot, off guard.
But ready to reach in, hoping, this time,
to find the surprise,
“One in every box.”
“Another every minute.”