Homeward

Homeward
© 2011 by David Llewellyn



And long the wake, and long the sail


And long this ache unsated


And though it’s company’s held me firm 


Too many days you’ve waited 


For my return hath been too long


Too many months this journey


Pray God to send the Devil’s blow


To speededly return me … to you



But time has come, and time to see


If times have changed unbidden


And passions, hot as blacksmith’s steel


Are cooled, and sadly dimming . . .


One look will tell, one look dead square


And all my fears true answered


Oh is that love beneath those tears?


Should I be headed homeward? … to you




But looking out across those stars


I can but see, your smile, your grace


And surely then, beyond all doubt


This love is not misplaced …   



So sleep my friend and dream this night


Of cockle shells and driftwood


For soon I too, will drift ashore


For I am headed homeward … to you



So God, pray send the Devil’s blow


That I may wake up next … to you