I Spy ... Unpaid Debts

Alright, alright ... I admit it. I made a promise and I didn't keep it. Forgive me please. Know that it was completely laced with good intentions but it seems these days that time slips through my fingers faster than the beautiful red sands of my dear Prince Edward Island that I miss so much. My promise of more frequent posts was laced with good intentions ...

As a peace offering I give you a string of thoughts I jotted down a few months ago after a surprise phone call from my brother. My personal embarrassment seems an appropriate punishment for a broken promise and should serve as the proverbial kick in the pants I require to stay on top of this blog 'cause the threat of ever having to post my "writing" again as space filler is more motivating than anything.

Homesickness

It’s a pain you don’t even know you have
A silent ache that becomes so familiar
It goes unnoticed
Like a crack in the sidewalk
Slowly slicing
Silently spreading
Until
That voice
That smell
That song
That picture
That foggy memory
Rips through
Your concrete heart
And releases
the sharp pang
Of regret
And longing
And melancholy
And desire
And the overwhelming sense
That you are not
Where you should be.