First leg

Yep, she's leaving soon.  All the pieces are being accumulated at home.  Will they fit in the car or do we need to rent a van?  We will accompany her to Colorado.  We will not be the same on the return trip.  But first comes the trip west.

As I contemplate

The trip to Colorado

Two weeks hence

I consider the changes

Facing me

On the return drive

Back through the fields

Of Nebraska,

Of Iowa,

Then back

To the western suburbs

Of Illinois.

I contemplate the changes

I will find.

But first,

First comes the trip

From the western suburbs

Through Iowa,

Then Nebraska,

And finally Colorado,

That first leg

Of the journey.