Back From Hiatus

Well, its been a while since my last entry, so I thought I would just try and squeeze one in here before the readers lost faith. Its been a hectic past few weeks, I went to Michigan before heading upto Ottawa, something of my home to be (God willing). I can liken these next few weeks to a calm before the storm of sorts, when all the stability and comfort that I had spent the previous 25 or so years in constructing will be uprooted in one abrupt, yet necessary stroke of circumstance.

You see, the bittersweet nature of my scenario is that I'm headed East to commence with my legal studies, and you know what they say about law school...intense. Its something like that Edward Norton movie where he's going back to jail and has about a day or so to make the best of his life. My life here in Southwestern Ontario, home for me since my birth, will at the very least be put on hold. This will undoubtdly mark a major transition in my life; an exciting new chapter that I'm anxious to begin, yet the conclusion of a chapter that I hate to end. As anyone else, I have had bouts of extreme change before in my life. Personally, I'm reminded of the time when such circumstances inspired me to write a poem:

Change

The world has made its turn, another chapter passed
For every single soul, more history elapsed,
I know they speak the truth, that say life shall go on
Though it'd hard at times as this, to simply hold on strong,
Much has come to change, so little stays the same
Does not the fate of people, possess so much as shame?
With every little change, there comes with it remorse
Your life as you had known it, will start another course
All lives begin to branch, in every different way
To wish yours as it was, is to call upon a fray,
With emotions and the mind, the deadliest of foes
I can ill afford a fight, as defeat they do not know,
What is there else to do, but accept it all in stride
Grateful of the memories, held with the utmost pride.

--January 17th, 2002