Days of Empty Travel

There is no doubt that events of the past year would shape dreams and a stream of consciousness of a poet. Days of Empty Travel is the product of internal explorations, overwhelming emotions, and the state of emptiness during a year of pandemic-related seclusion. This volume is also an allegory of a wanderer who has embarked on a trip without a destination. Unwillingly, the author has experienced a feeling of being ejected out of a demanding life and into a space of a remote observer. This coincided with the author's gradual movement into new choices of contemplation and reflection. We have all experienced a year of collective dystopia. And yet, we have seen how often human goodness can rise above the perils of nature. Many thoughts and new insights have occurred during a full year of semi-isolation. Days of Empty Travel is structured as 35 entries into a weekly journal inspired by sparks of awakenings from news, remote interactions, soothing words of loved ones, and remnants of engagement with like-minded thinkers.