Time Warp

They say you can’t Go home again. But I did. Not a good decision! There’s a time warp Between then and now. Things shrink in size. Memories shatter In the light of now. Where is the couch I hid Behind to read So I didn’t have to Go out and play? Where is the tree I Loved to climb? The people are gone. The rooms are empty. Even the shadows are gone. No sense of the place Where I grew up, The one I remember. Now my mind wrestles With the warm And lovely Pictures in my mind And the harsher reality. And I wish that I had paid attention To that old adage Because it’s true.