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Mar 2016
I had been gone for so long
I had forgotten the route
The turns I made were from memory
And I knew the names of the streets
As I turned my way onto them

The more familiar they got
I realized that I didn't know where home was

I had lost my way

I stopped somewhere familiar
To ask for directions
Recognizing faces,
I felt better

Familiar faces did welcome me
I was known to them
Told me where I wanted to go
And invited me for a drink
Everyone is so different from what I remember!

I stayed for a little while
Tried to make sense of it
To understand why I knew them
But I couldn't remember them

I left and headed out
Directions in hand
I arrived at my destination
Only to discover

I was the one that had changed

I was lost,
Even to myself
Nathan Pival
Written by
Nathan Pival  Mansfield, Ohio
(Mansfield, Ohio)   
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