day 54

I woke up today feeling homesick.


I am currently 552 miles away from home.
That isn't too bad.
It's a two hour flight,
a ten hour drive,
a fourteen hour bus ride.

Home is not far at all.
But I miss my friends, my love,
my family.
My mother.
My city.

Tomorrow
the international slam I've been waiting for
will take place. (OIPS)
I'm not sure how I will place,
but I am hoping to leave a lasting impression.
I want people to ask me where I came from again.


I'm from Lowell. I'm still from Lowell.
I'm just visiting.

Hopefully I won't feel like such a visitor anymore.
Dreaming.