Going Home

Going Home



There’s been so many things
That I’ve run from
Been so many things 
That I have run to
 
Some times with open arms
Sometimes on my knees
The dusty pavements and paths
Have welcomed me

Searching in the dark
By match burnt candle light
Walking in the tunnels
Of too bright sun light

Tracks which lead to the mountain head
Where thin air led my heart
Back to the valleys 
Where you slept

Through barren grass 
So many in their fields
Just veins inside a forest floor
Wandering forever lost

To the sea the roads have brought me
To the waves which can only show me
A map to guide me
Back to you

And on the tourist clouds 
Which escape at sunset
On the freedom breeze 
Where their colours breathe me
I no longer roam
I find my way back home

While the foot prints that I leave 
No longer matter
The sands of time 
Lost to their own desert
Just a life inside an hourglass

I haven’t roamed on these bridges 
Of forever
Just to end the single thread 
Which has lead me
Balanced on the tight rope 
Of your heart

And it may be the freezing rain 
Which comes to batter
And there may be no light at all 
Upon the road
Still the tower of your love 
Still shines there before me
A compass to guide me on

And on the day 
When the sun billows into being
And the sails of love 
Will find my tired feet
When your hand is no longer the ghost 
Which saves me
But a palm that reaches out 
To feel my own

I will no longer roam
I will have found my way 
Back home
Copyright © | Year Posted 2009

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Goff Avatar
June 9, 2009 at 9:14 PM
really beautiful poetry! Colin! a joy to read! James
Shango Avatar
June 4, 2009 at 8:38 PM
Life's journey is a strange one ... our destiny is always our dream ... but your write is the cream
Ginn Avatar
June 1, 2009 at 6:43 AM
Your title spoke to me Colin. There is such an aching in finding that place where you know you belong no matter what it takes to get there. I wish you much peace
Winter Avatar
June 1, 2009 at 5:06 AM
I do pray this day come soon for you Colin. For it seems to me, if anyone were meant to love a true love, in every way, and have that love returned, it is you. So beautiful. Love, shar
Chircop Avatar
May 31, 2009 at 2:50 PM
this is one of your best-i love it and it goes to my favs.--emotions of deep love--awesome write--charma
Devonshire Avatar
May 31, 2009 at 2:38 PM
This work exposes your poetic soul, Colin. Awesome phrasing and imagery that makes the reader hope you are soon back home where her "hand is no longer the ghost." So beautiful! Love, Carolyn
Guzzi Avatar
May 31, 2009 at 2:23 PM
tender, longing, romantic..be well & happy Light & Love
Higgins Avatar
May 31, 2009 at 11:15 AM
This is wonderful poetry...I hope you ride home safely brother.
Richards Avatar
May 31, 2009 at 10:10 AM
I hope the day arrives...that the journey is over, and you are back home, in the arms of the one you love :). Lovely writing..........
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