In the Meantime: The Track Between Days

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I have sat with strangers who spoke like friends,

watched towns flicker past without names.

felt silence settle between thoughts,

as steel wheels hummed their steady song

There were moments I did not expect

conversations that stayed with me after

glimpses of places I did not know I missed

until I saw them again from a moving train

Sleep came in pieces

but memory did not

it gathered

layered

settled

I did not write it all down

but I lived it

and that will have to be enough

for now

I have stood in wind that carried voices

walked streets that reminded me of years ago

shared parts of myself without warning

and listened when others did the same

Some names I remember

some I may even forget

but the feeling remains

the sense that nothing was wasted

Sleep came in pieces

but memory did not

it gathered

layered

settled

I did not write it all down

but I lived it

and that will have to be enough

for now, for now, for now

I have not written a post in the last few days, and I wanted to say something about that. This trip has moved quickly, and I have fallen behind in writing about everything I hoped to include. I still need to write about my time in Kansas, my train ride from Lincoln, Nebraska to Chicago, and then the long ride from Chicago to Syracuse, New York and then on to Rome, New York. After that, I want to reflect on my time in Camden. When I leave tomorrow, I will also need to write about my trip from Rome back to Florida.

Maybe I will get some of it written on the train ride home. But I also know that every train ride so far has brought new people, new conversations, and unexpected moments that pull me into the present. That has been the best part of all this—connecting with others. Everyone I have met has been interesting, kind, and open. I have shared my blog with many of them, and I want to make sure they know I have not forgotten. The posts will come, just not always right away. I appreciate the patience.

Proverbs 20:24

"A person’s steps are directed by the Lord. How then can anyone understand their own way?"