Returns Home

 I slipped through the cracks,

Like an ember that leaped from the fire
I overate, overslept, overstayed my welcome
Now between this rock and hard place, I rest

It can never be easy, and less so explained
The words filter from a meshed mind
Syllables, consonants, frequencies of thought
From a place that reason and cause fall short

Falling short like me..
Starting things and leaving them unfinished,
Expecting greatness from mediocrity
Never designing a world that I am content with.
Short lived, shortly enjoyed, quick to pass
These are the hours of my contentment.

Hush now...

A million candles dimmer in an expansive field
Where trouble ripens, and is reaped
Thier flickering flames, the light that will usher me home

Home...
To a place I have been a thousand times
A familar place that can never leave me
No matter how wayward or astray the path goes

Home...
It is here I will dance until my feet tire
Here, a smile will spread ear to ear
For remembrance has again graced me
An everlasting peace, a forgotten ecstasy
Also, a poignant reminder

We will have trouble in this world,
Yet this touble will be overcome.

We will have doubts and demons,
All which will be shed upon our return home