Vernacular Spectacular

.........It's a funny thing, waking up a million miles away...................................................

.........................................waking up somewhere the past is a million years behind you.

.............................................................somewhere you are l’etranger..................................

..........................................................................and you can be whomever you want...........

..................................................................................you can even be yourself.......................

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Here there is only quiet............................................................................................................

.................................................... Here there is only solitude..................................................

............................................................................................................ Here there is only me...

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Alone, there are no one else's expectations to disappoint.................................................

............Alone, there are no one else's problems to fix..........................................................

.......................................................Alone, here, I can fix myself.............................................

.............................................................................I can find my own expectations.................

....I left all my tears behind in Australia.................................................................................

...............littering the streets....like Gretel’s crumbs....leading me here.............................

.....but I will not follow them back home...............................................................................

............I need to rediscover my strength........to be a better me...........................................

Yesterday, someone thought they recognized me on the street........................................

............................................................................................“Jane?”...........................................

.....but, no.............................. sorry............................it’s me...............just me.........................

.........It’s funny how being a million miles away, you can feel at home...........................

.........It’s funny how getting lost, you can discover you...............just you........................