Will you whisper your name?
Will you shine your light a little longer?

I am so glad to see you returned,
once again commuting in solitude

when we witness the land wholeheartedly
the land will hold who we are
at any given time in our lives
and when the land resembles
an emotion from the past
we can be that person again

for a moment
and know that we are always
who we are when with the land

we are recognized by green rolling hills
and a winding road, the sun so low
our shadows are longer than our longings

and remember
what it is like to be at home
a sense of being in place, with a purpose
when there is a time in the day just to oneself
to think roaming thoughts and sing along loudly

I could write about what has changed
what is not anymore, what was left behind
I could get tangled in details of hills here and there

I choose to focus on what is
Will you whisper your name?