O beautiful land take me in, send me home. I watch the sun set far beyond in my minds eye. A length of endless expanses of time. Sun hot and pure. Wind whistles by and all I want is to be in it, be part of it, have it all and be it all at once. Cannot you taste the ocean from deep inland, just the thought of the salt on my skin.. waves wrapping and wrapping over my legs. Mountains spring in the distance, snow capped and tall. Expanse of trees growing all around me, and the soil cool between my toes, beneath my feet. Breeze in my hair, rustles the leaves.. I can breathe the cool fresh air around me. 

As I sit at this wooden desk, in this closed off place. Brick walls and seat cushions.. dreaming. Dreaming of where i will be, when i'm free.. When the endless land before me is new and open and vast and pure.. and I can run on land never trodden by my feet before, into places so open and clean.. 

Awe, the dreads of coffee in my cup suddenly look like tiny hills or stars in a distant sky...

i should be writing papers. but new zealand's in my mind. 

so close

so close  

i'm ready for the adventure of a life time!