familiar places, familiar faces
the daily routine and things unseen
that favorite restaurant, that certain spot
running into familiar faces, common basis
all things known and experience grown
left behind with the daily grind
to move on, where has the time gone
Winding down to the appointed day of leaving
people yet to meet and friends to greet
to unfamiliar places, a new basis
nothing yet known, the seeds not sown
a new routine to find, ways to climb
till new favorites are found, familiar ground
familiar places, familiar faces

*Oct. 16, 2002.