Friday night and the colours adjust themselves

I have had a few hours to ponder my lessons from the desert and am beginning to sort them out. Many, many thoughts, more than I can translate to words in short order, the channel is only so wide and the waters so swift.

I belong here. I learned that more than a decade ago, and nothing has changed. My given obligation to a broken soul drew me from here, but I find my strength in the Santa Ana Winds and the sand dragons, the night blooming jasmine and the texture of the sky.

I will make every reasonable attempt to, in the future, return here.

I am stronger now.