Fragments of the Day – Chapter Four
Exploring
Life doesn't always match up to what you want it to be – Todd knows that better than he'd like. It brings pain and disappointment and at one point more loss than he thought he could bear. But that doesn't mean it can't be breath-taking and awe-striking and many other – ing words at the same time.
Part of him still wishes he was here, so they could share this journey together – but Todd's grown used to living for both of them now and that's enough to keep him going.
So he roams across the globe alone – England one month, Libya the next and onto New Zealand. He meets up with the Dead Poets and other friends along the way but never pauses to stop, not for a moment. There's too much to see.
He recalls Keating promising poetry could be found everywhere in the world and nothing he's seen (or not seen) contradicts that. Mountains and rivers and cities and deserts and lakes and ruins weave together to form a glowing tapestry that embeds itself forever into his mind.
And when he finally returns his ever widened horizons are treasured safely in the bulging notebook.
Just in case one day he starts to forget.
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