A Year From Now

A year from now
I will be long gone
     -on a sea somewhere far away
miles from home
an insurmountable distance from home

A year from now
you will be coming home
to see your parents
and your friends,
a job and a break

A year from now
the sea will rage at night
and I will want to come home
Dramamine by the bucketfuls
'Down the hatch!"

A year from now
I will be pulling into a far away port
a new land-
foreign, different, awesome
expensive and indifference to my existence
much like the spinning clock is
to the fly on the shorthand.

I will miss the essence of summer
but I trade it for a life of adventure
a commitment to
adventures' memories
Travel in exchange for the feeling of
what home is

My only hope
is to see the world
- a year from now
I will be doing it
and dreams I
will stay true
     -nevertheless.