Fernweh

Because it is far the feet

Long to reach that far

Though the mind cautions

That distance can make

A destination desirable

With little to show

When the traveller arrives

Movement tires of stillness

Then yearns for stillness

Soon learns to be still

When still in movement

Fernweh is a longing

For the far, because it is far

Or a longing to return to a place

From where we may have been banished.