Come Home To Me

COME HOME TO ME Beyond that mountain Echo strides Foodsteps faultless led by stars Eager to assume our life Master players in the game-- love wars-- Weaving, jumping by your lanky side Snapping, urging on to play the rush Is your dauntless canine friend Eager for his own heart’s crush That curls her lazy tail ‘round cradle’s bend 'Ere dawn near blaze Dreams’s Drowsy time-- Reluctantly I free your hand Slowly wake-- to mewling nudge-- our newborn babe whose nuzzle blushes memories to my breast Gathering wood-- Building fires— Round the hearth Some Women wait-- Some Women roam-- While weaving safety nets for Children in a nest of home. Hands upon a thousand tasks While Heart upon a certain man--- Hand upon whatever chore Knowing that the man beloved Is whistling closer Step by step Beyond that Mountain Dog a leaping, joy abounds-- Manly strides --familiar tunes-- As the North Star Counts the joy of homeward steps.