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
Copyright © Larry Belt | Year Posted 2010
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