Restorative

I didn’t want to move there.

As a teenager,
     it was so          far            away
                                                  from everything
                                                         everyone I knew.
It seemed         isolating.

The rest of my family
     loved it,
          but it took a long time
                 for me to see
                     what they saw.

Now I return
     and appreciate
           the space
           the quiet
           the walks
           the beauty
     and the restorative nature
           God created.