and so, i'll return in the fall.
my dreams were only dreams.
i'm terribly frightened for what awaits.
but i'm not sure i've any other choice.

"It should not be denied... that being footloose has always exhilarated us. It is associated in our minds with escape from history and oppression and law and irksome obligations, with absolute freedom, and the road has always led West." 
— Wallace Stegner