do you still

do you still look
into those
tucked away places

small streets
and alleyways

seeking feral
cats and their
kittens

do you still seek
with hunger
the possibility
of strangers
becoming
not

are you still
open
to wonder

the way
you once
were?

if so,
please
explain
the way

tell me how
to go back
to that place

from which
they’ve said

there is
no
returning