: About Me

Homesick It sits there. Refusing to leave. The unwelcome guest to my emotional being. Dancing and swaying. Churning around. Controlling my thoughts, my dreams, my actions. It will not leave. There is no end to this event. When should it exit? How do I overcome the force of its presence ? Each morning, as I awake to the sound of the humming fans dancing above my head and the shrilling sound of the singing tree frogs, I feel its movement within- rising with the sun. That dark, foreign ache that awakes from its deep sleep. Settling in the pit of my stomach. Gaining strength and momentum. Read...