I like geography best, he said, because your mountains & rivers know the secret. Pay no attention to boundaries.

You're the strangest person I ever met, she said & I said you too & we decided we'd know each other a long time.

Wanting him to come back before anyone notices part of the world has not moved since he left.

Opening a door to the mysteries, hoping to shed a little dark on all the stuff we think we know.

If there is any secret to this life I live, this is it: the sound of what cannot be seen sings within everything that can & there is nothing more to it than that.

I like geography best, he said, because your mountains & rivers know the secret. Pay no attention to boundaries.

You may not remember the time you let me go first. Or the time you dropped back to tell me it wasn't that far to go. Or the time you waited at the crossroads for me to catch up. You may not remember any of those, but I do and this is what I have to say to you: Today, no matter what it takes, we ride home together.