Typewriter Series #2629 by Tyler Knott GregsonLumpy bed slanted...

Typewriter Series #2629 by Tyler Knott Gregson

Lumpy bed slanted left, rolling me
toward the window, jammed shut over
a radiator that won’t shut off.
Tiny television with four channels,
three blurry, one always the news.  
Twelve dozen stairs that creak,
long hallways that undulate
like waves, two thousand faces
my eyes have never seen.  
Conversation that emerges
from nothing, and grows like
it was watered, realization that
things are shared, despite the sea
that splits us.  Sunrise over
a landscape brand new after rising
in the middle of the darkness
forgetful of where you are, trying
to map the room to remind yourself,
sunset over cobblestones and
corner cafes.  

This is why we go, travel
is the reminder that we know
so little, but are willing to learn
so much.  

This is why we go.

-Tyler Knott Gregson-