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5/18/10

It's the breath taken

when finally coming home

from long challenging trip

filled with twists, turns,

unpredictable moments of distress,

suffering, failed wanted results,

interspersed by joy, success,

yet always a striving,

needing to be 'on'

never really fully relaxing

while in unknown territory

encountering others so different

that it stretches traveler

to question one's attitudes,

images, opinions, beliefs,

even as it strengthens

a core soul knowing,

from places, people visited,

of what feels safe.