Step out of the office. 15 hours and counting…

A slow walk down an empty hallway,

and a slower walk to an empty garage.

Ride home.

8:15 pm, cruising up I-95 North.

Traffic, frictionless.

Waze est. of travel time: 23 minutes.

David Crosby, “Carry Me” is on repeat.

Carry me, carry me
Carry me above the world
Carry me, carry me, carry me.

Waze: 10 minutes to Home.

Body races ahead

and eases into bed

slides under the covers

sheets, fresh, cool

seconds drip, unhurried

in ether, adrift, rising

above the world

Home, Home at last.

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Notes:

• Inspired by – “When we release that striving for somewhere and something else, we come home.” By Karen Maezen Miller, from Interview with Karen Maezen Miller (via Mindfulbalance) 
• Portrait: Chen Kaige by Nitin Vadukul (via Your Eyes Blaze Out)