Going Home

A runaway from the age of fourteen For three long years she's been alone One bad decision after another Has forced her to make it on her own Wise to the ways of the world Still, a piece of her is missing Homesick for what she left behind A memory, she keeps dismissing A little sister, waiting at home She hasn't seen now in years The thought of never seeing her again Suddenly brings her to tears She had to leave, she had no choice For she was pregnant, with her first child Her father just wouldn't understand A daughter who had been defiled She couldn't survive with a baby So she had to give it away Adopted to a loving family She hopes to see him someday She sells all of her belongings For a ticket to go back home She's a little apprehensive For it's the first time she's ever flown She just can't wait to see her sister And tell her she's okay It was time for the plane to leave She'd be home that very day Her sister would be twelve about now She closes her eyes and dreams Jarred awake she opens her eyes For all's not as it seems Thirty thousand feet in the air Out her window, she sees a flash The pilot comes over the intercom "Buckle your seatbelts, we're going to crash" She bows her head and says a prayer As the tears fill up her eyes The plane comes down in the middle of a forest Where everybody dies The attendant lightly shakes her For it had all just been a dream Remember I told you earlier All's not as it seems