In four days I go back to the place I was born I have not been there lately There are pieces of me That can never leave there I was the only one who tried I do not know if these pieces lived Lived, died or dissipated I am not there to observe I am somewhere beyond Will this place welcome me When I return A familiar road A friendly face A sweet summer smell A sour taste Perhaps it will not know me at all This I understand I know much of holding bitterness In vacant space Much of forgetfulness I do not know much at all Only that home and I are stubborn strangers