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The Prodigal

My heart is yearning to follow the sun

Westward o'er a golden sea

Upon a raft made of my memories.

I will anchor there when day is done

On my beloved homes distant shore

And those I love will welcome me once more.

But words that I'd been saving now are gone

scattered like rose petals on far streets,

Then what is left to spread beneath their feet?

Or it may be I've been away to long

And there is nothing more for me to see

And only ghosts are left to welcome me.

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Sep 3, 2010
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