Home Again

Sun from the window, shines on my grain My faded patina, now gleaming with pride Broken and shabby, after years all alone Once stored in rafters, so lost and afraid You have dusted my cobwebs, and glued my rails There was love in your touch...since the day you unveiled That hiding place in the damp attic gloom Long days of neglect, days of disgrace I've been rescued from loneliness of that dark silent space A remnant of childhood, from your days long ago You have restored me to life, to be worthy and new Do you remember the songs, that she hummed to you? When she rocked you at midnight, under a velvet moon? While you dusted my bones, and shined my face Did your memories fall back to that magical place? Where the world was your oyster, with childhood charms When you were held to her breast, in soft loving arms? Sweet nights spent together when the world was kind? Now the rhythmic thump of my rails on the floor Will return all those moments, to reflect on once more You will feel on your face, and I on my grain Sun's warming shine through the window glass pane Wherever you are, that old world, or new... To be home again, is to belong here with you.... __________________________________________________________ Written for Matt Calliri's contest "Speak, Chair, Speak"