Home Sweet Home
I am headed for home after many years.
If I can find my way through all my tears.
Things are not the same as they used to be.
Much has changed. Some very recently.
A fire has wiped out much of the town.
There are many new buildings around.
Home is not what it used to be.
Much of it is different to me.
I head out of town toward my home.
A small farm where I have grown.
There it is looking much the same.
It is like an old friend in name.
I feel the old nostalgia here.
This is home. That is clear.
I have been away far too long.
Now, I feel like singing a song.
I felt rocky till I arrived here.
This old farm takes away all my fear.
It is you in the doorway that I see.
I feel your fingers feather soft upon me.
I taste your kisses, sweet as honey.
I was gone, just to make some money.
But, the real riches are here in my arms.
I am overwhelmed by your charms.
I am home to never roam again.
Here with my lifelong lover and friend.
—————————R.W. Johnson—–(2017)