The lake laid still, covered in snow
The ice was melting on the other shore
I stood out there amongst the waves
of memories that came for me

I went back home to fix it up
To scrub it down, to sweep it out
To change the locks, to change my home,
and leave it there alone

As I left it there so long ago

In those summers where I culled my youth
In the basement where I learned to
Pieces shifting across the board
It was all I wanted, and more

A room so small, it filled me up
In that hole where I grew up
I put my back against the wall,
and hunkered there, and lost it all

I went to town in my daddy’s truck
Read a novel in a parking lot,
Took a drive passed my old girl’s house
I didn’t stop, I didn’t turn around

I didn’t want to see her, anyhow

The lake stirred gently under melting snow
The waters crashed silent onto other shores
I stood out there amongst the breeze
that picked me up and carried me

I went back home to turn it over
and hand the keys to some new owner
I hope his children can laugh and play
in those halls and bedrooms I used to stay

I hope it can be a home again
Someday