Dreaming North

fragility seeps into my body
as pain spills through
antagonizing any remaining
confidence in modern medicine
I seek comfort in my surroundings
though my heart is elsewhere
as the onset of Autumn
along with depletion of strength
finds me dreaming north once again
to the place I once called home
I long for the strength and safety
that somehow made me whole
and the purpose driven path
I seemed to have left behind
I exist there in my dreams
and memories in my head
until the time when I
may travel back again