Take Me Home Again

Take me home again
	to when I was a child
	walking down that dirt road to a distant house,
where I grew up
	under my grandmother’s watchful eyes.

Let me be that little girl
	who knew I was loved.

Take me home again
	to those carefree days of childhood innocence
	playing in the backyard with my imaginary dreams
give me back that promise of the future
	newly inspired by hope of fulfillment.

Let me be that child of change
	unknowing the threats of the outside world.

Take me home again
	where everything was new and possible
	full of right and ringing loud of freedom,
give me back that unconditioned love
	that my grandmother had come to America with.

Keep it safe, alive and living free
	for my twilight years and the children still dreaming.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015



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Date: 11/16/2015 7:56:00 PM
Beautiful nostAlgic piece, DM! And yes, grandmothers and unconditional love..they go together!
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Date: 11/17/2015 12:35:00 PM
What would the world be without grandmothers and memories of home. Thanks for the read. DMB
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