Dusted

It's been years since I went back home Years since I celebrated Christmas with loved ones Cause I was miles away in a new land Making a way onto this new path I was on I left home without looking back I left everything, at least all that I had To start fresh in a land so far from the reality I'd known I was walking into a dream, or so it seemed Cause all the things we cry for in our land Are things that are working for others out there Systems that we are yet to build in our land Are systems that here have already worked I came, made something of myself I had to give up a lot to get here I can't say I have any regrets But I've sure missed out on family It's been many years since I was home Came back to the old graves of all my loved ones Came to people who don't know me, For many had already died My house was seemingly still there What was once a place for many Now a shell of itself, lying in the dust The very home rotting like its owners The PO£T