Familiar
Familiar names
in foreign tones
evoke memories
of long ago
Lives exchanged
in search of peace
and an introduction
to adulthood
far too soon
You were not ready
but could you ever be
when mistakes are the way
we learn
Thoughts
Memories of exchange students and a different way of life before the wall came down.
I can find my way to certain places in Paris without a map. This is one of them.
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