Crete
Rugged countryside
Smiling faces
People who hug easily
People who know the language of hugs:
Greeting, comfort, gratitude, joy, sadness, laughter, flirtation, domination, submission, apology, forgiveness
The hugs given to children
To lovers
To friends
To family
To acquaintances
To a woman they will know briefly.
I feel at home here instantly.
These are my people.
Steeped in the myth of Icarus.
They dream of flight.
My spirit soars in clouds.
The vultures, harbingers of death,
Escort me in my new home
I rise higher and higher
As my terrestrial life passes away unmourned.
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