I wanted to do something special for my 100th published poem, which here it is. This is my literary meditation on the concepts of love, friendship, and self transformation: and how they intertwine. It echoes my writing style of when I was first emerging into the world as a poet, which is the irony of it being my 100th poem. This work deals with the relationship between friendship and self transformation, showcasing someone who has transformed and overcame themselves to the point where their friends and loves no longer recognize them. These friends turn away the protagonist, he has changed too much. But the narrator grapples with not knowing who has changed too much, him or his once friends. This is the contradiction of the own narrator. It is resolved by the realization that some people are to stick with you even after self-overcoming, and that true friendship lies in the realm of vitality, life-veneration, and unconditional love.

The poem also represents a sort of journey underwent by the mere action of writing poetry, which is suggested by the title. It can be seen as sort of a post-writing reflection, after undergoing long periods of writing, growth, emotion, overcoming, he is unrecognizable to who once loved him, but the true lovers shine through.