Long Wieder Poems

Heimatstadt Hometown

Heimatstadt (Hometown)
David J Walker

It was as if it came 
Through the lines of a telephone 
In a different time
In a foreign language with a 
Different dial tone so familiar

Hallo –(Hello)
	Wie warst du?
	(How have you been)
Wann kommst du wieder nach Hause?
(When will you be home again)

A voice from Ansbach calling
A voice familiar 
Without a name reminding me 
Of a time away from time
Of a town still mapped in my dreams

Was it just yesterday when I thought
I was entering my room? 
The door, the hall, the spaces
And familiar faces, smiling

And then the song ended
And I am in a different century 

I promised I’d meet them at the gate
Many are on the other side 
inviting me in
Ich werde kommen, sobald ich kann