Study Abroad

Out of the range of the

classroom’s grip I found myself

face first on bricks laid by Roman

guards a thousand years before.

they had probably witnessed a

hundred other drunken fools before

me that had made a series of similar

mistakes ending in blood on cement.

Probably wittnessing crucifxtions and

wedding celebrations and parties for

emperors. I had shifted from the pages

of a history book into history itself,

in the making, and felt the empowerment

of writing my very own chapter

even if it started from the ground up.