It is but a shard, broken from the whole

And that is why I traveled there

8,000 miles and change away from my apartment

I arrived with nothing more than a backpack,

Bought a cheap cell phone in Kigali

Before I boarded the bus

Rocky, pockmarked roads through

Your Mille Colline

Packed like sardines, me the sole Mzungu

People speaking Bantu, Swahili and KinyaRwandan, while I coul...

“I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”

Two roads, divergent

Somewhere just south of the border

The nearly full moon barely making a dent

In the inky sky

The smallest, ice blue light reflecting off

Damp leaves on the median

Winter in Tijuana, cooler and damper

Than expected

We search in vain for street signs

To guide us homeward

And ultimately end up f...