| ~Home~ The light of morning reflects off the windows upstairs. The scent of fresh dew on the grass... Early September air is tasting so crisp and clear! I hear the sound of wild horses beyond the gate. I can feel my whole world waking up... Feels like only yesterday I came here. I think of the house I'm returning to... There's an old picture I used to keep on my window sill. I'd gaze at it with wistful eyes... Seeing how the rays of light would highlight your face. I've been carrying the picture on the road with me! Heaven up this path lies... With sweet orchards filled with peaches. And just a little further beyond... You'll find that meadow where we met turning gold in the Fall. I take hurried steps up this path... Inside past open windows letting the light in. Thoughts of expectation, the words forming on my lips in the hall. How I've missed you. My Darling I'm finally home! No more need to journey! Imagining your soft hand, how I want to stay with your gentle smile. Oh, once more! I can dream now at night! No dreams of hurry. Here with you is where I feel at peace...I'm happy. A place we make for our very own. Our little carving on the tree that is history. I find my battered heart filling with these wonderfully endless days. A world to keep the rest of these days... Like those peonies you picked for me the other day... Or the old photo I look at on my window sill...trying to memorize your face. My Darling with you I'm finally home! No more need to journey! Your side I've searched for since the day I knew I could want anything... Once more! A place where I belong... And I have no need to hurry. Rest your eyes...dream your dream with me... Love is made of sweet memories like these. ~The last poem I ever wrote for Rae. You are gone now. But maybe home is where my heart is~ |