Greece
A time in my life
Where I didn't feel right
I travelled to Europe
A one way flight
A right of passage
I considered it like
A way to move forward
And make sense of my life
Socially awkward
High anxiety
Self medicating
A misfit of society
So the journey Began
with 20 hours flying
I would find my real self
Or die trying
Everything at home
was dead to me now
Just a backpack, a walk-man
And a beach towel
Arrived at the islands
famous for raves
Spent half of my funds
In the first few days
I met up with Brad
on a boat with the Scots
They welcomed me aboard
To sail from Ios to Mykanos
One night at the helm
I did a late shift
But I lost all control
As the swell sent us adrift
I fought against the ocean
And navigated by stars
Eventually I managed
To follow the charts
As the sun rose
Ahead was the shore
Battered and tired
In the harbor we moored
It was fun and adventurous
and I started to see
I must take these opportunities
Offered to me
See the 20 year old me
I didn’t like
I needed to drink
I'd get drunk and fight
So I started to try
To see the beauty in life
I explored all the islands
Read books and exercised
One hot, windy day
I decided to run
To the top of a mountain
in the hot midday sun
Catching my breath,
I saw a girl there
Alone taking pictures
As the wind swept hair
She smiled and asked
To take a photo of her
I obliged and she thanked me
An introduction occured
About our lives
we started to speak
A little English
and a little Greek
Getting to know her
over the next few days
Cigarettes and coffee
We avoided the raves
I played the lost boy
She took me to Athens
We went to dinner
with some of her friends
They said I was cute
And asked me my name
We drank Retsina.
And played drinking games.
Inside I was already
feeling a change
In the past I wouldn't
have been this brave
We travelled by train
to where I don’t know
Through tunnels and mountains
To a place she called home
I met with her family
Her dad shook my hand
We ate alfresco
mosaka and lamb
The warm night air,
drifted through olive groves
The evening grew old.
They left us alone
Speaking our truths
We stayed up all night
Then Fell asleep
When we saw the day light
I fell in love that Day
But not with the girl
I fell in love
With travelling the world
Acropolis |
Sailing the islands |
Athens |