Departure

Before departure
we are never sure -
Anything we forgot?
Pills, pen, makeup pot?

Something now in motion,
be it railway, plane or ship on ocean,
we start a new traveller's life
money, shoes, cloths, health enough?

We look back and start to think
the loved ones, the lost wedding ring,
the first journey still as child
when traveling yet was not in style.

Departure, a painful cut,
we go away, move, drive, but
we stay the same all over
at home, or as the restless rover.

F Sz 14 Aug 2006 Chevry