In my heart, there are places summoning me,
for inside my mind, I can clearly see
familiar mountains and flowers and trees,
which lie in between two separate seas.
I even remember the warm summer breeze!
When I first could recall what once was my own,
all the smiling faces of friends I’d known,
it seemed so real (though inside of my dome)
that I was content to let my mind roam.
It felt like a former life calling me home.
And a yearning to be there sometimes grabs hold
when I feel afraid in a world that’s cold.
I miss the loved ones who lived in my fold,
those rivers and streams along which I strolled.
My tears, at the thought of them, flow uncontrolled.
I have traveled the globe by plane, train, and car,
but I haven’t been to this land thus far.
Although unsure as to where I would start
if looking to find this place on a chart,
the home I evoke will live on in my heart!