I have returned home a stranger,

Forever changed by distant lands and smiling faces.

Yet, as I approach familiar harbors, I sense that my voyage has just begun.

What a sight it was to watch the wind come and catch the breadth of my sails.

How I yearn for those glorious gusts to howl once again and carry me off.

I am restless and uncertain, tempted to turn the ship ’round and sail out to the uncharted vastness of the blue.