Nostos Algos

Returning home pain...why is it so painful to go home? Despite the circumstance or time one has left a place... going back to ones point of origin always holds something that causes the heart to ache.

Today I've been going through boxes that contained years of my life in books, vinyl, movies, papers, notes, and photos...but its just all these things that held some kind of memory of people once shared with; or a time in my life when it was all new and exciting...now they aid in marking memories of the past.

There is this numb feeling that has come over me and an overwhelming sense that my heart may explode. It has been more than wonderful spending time with old friends making new memories...