RETURNING HERE

Returning here after twenty years,
I look about to see what has changed.

I should have looked to see what has not—
The place, myself, together.

What can I say? I’m moved,
Glad. Nothing has stayed in place.

Another twenty years, and another
And I, and this place, will not be.

What should I say? Here I was happy...
And sad, and am so again.