Loop

"The road goes ever on and on,

Down from the door where it began.

Now far ahead the road has gone,

And I must follow if I can..."

- Gandalf the Grey

Only I didn't forsee that the road I'm taking is actually a loop.

Now I'm right back where I started. Everything's still as I remember it, albeit a little older.

I know I went somewhere. But I don't know what good it did me.

The more things change, the more they remain the same.

"I'm old, Gandalf. I know I don't look it, but I'm beginning to feel it in
my heart. I feel... thin... sort of stretched, like... butter, scraped over
too much bread. I need a holiday... a very long holiday..."

-Bilbo Baggins