Write Me Back Home

Write me a way out of sadness and pain Make it a whimsical , happy refrain. Pen my way down to the old berry patch Where we built a house of palmetto thatch Write me a path back to childhood's domain High on a ditch bank at play in the rain. A Florida trail that you pencil in gray Made of oyster shells out of the bay. Lay out the map made of words that unwind To take us to someplace that waits in the mind. An inroad to knowing what means more than gold A pathway to healing the heart and the soul. So much time has come and gone And now I'm left all alone I think of Florida and I smile So, please write me home, just for awhile Written with my niece, Johnette Loefgren