Intersection

I was walking past the harbor today and I was nearing the street corner ready to cross. I missed the light. So I was waiting there, and it was about 7:30pm so the sun is setting; I'm listening to my ipod. I'm standing there staring blankly across the intersection when I notice the sky's brilliant red streaking through the skyline above my head. It's cutting into the tall buildings just dropping into the streets but I had caught it. In that moment, my ipod is playing the perfect song and it all happens at once.
The warmness rushes over me and paints a smile on my face as I stand. It takes all of thirty seconds but it feels like so much longer, like time is frozen still. And it is all that is needed to make my day.
On trips I look for these moments. When everything and everyone is so far away and home is just a thought, I can lose sight on what I am really there for. These moments, this moment, brings that back into focus. In these seconds I feel everything. It's overwhelming, but it is what makes it all worth it. The cramped living spaces, the passing acquaintances, the time away from real life, missing friends and family, and all of the uncertainty. It goes away and lives inside of you at the same time.
And then the light changes. So I walk on to that cramped living space, to wish another someone good luck on their travels. Still away from real life, uncertain about tomorrow...and I wouldn't change any of it.