All I Wanted Was To Go Home

She was lost on the boulevard

I tried to help I tried so hard

Then winter sky grew dark

lonely dogs did bark

At what I did not know

I ventured down below

Looking for love

But could not stay

had to go away

face the truth alone

All I wanted was to go home. 

I faced darkness within

tore me apart limb by limb

In a million pieces shattered 

I kept asking if it mattered

I then listened to the moon

It said "It is too soon" 

Of what I could not say

I tasted sweet decay

all that passes away

I faced this truth alone

Trying to find my way home

I listened to the moon

Finally felt in tune

I then saw her face

Dissappear without a trace

knew she had gone away. 

Alone would I stay

Felt burning sorrow deep inside

I tried but could not hide

heart broken like stone 

Lost the way forward unknown

I wished to find my way back home

A cloud floating on the ocean

Lost my way in the motion

Prayed I would find my way

Instead of fading away

Sunset at the end of day

All suddenly became clear

Lost track of time and year

From within came a spark

I was no longer in the dark

I was no longer alone

From within I found my home

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Written by David Penn Trinley Arndt who does not remember when it was written, but realizes it is meant for today December 5, 2020.