Leona's Homecoming

I went looking for her everywhere.

Beyond the purple mountains and the green seas

On a little raft

Made of honeysuckle leaves.

I had no oars

So I paddled with my hands

Till I reached the golden sands.

There I met a fairy under a palm tree

Who buzzed in my ear like a bee.

“The one that you look for awaits you already ...

Off you go homeword bound, ready and steady!”

Slowly and steadily,

Homeward you came.

But she wasn’t there,

Oh what a shame!

I wailed and I cried ...

For the fairy had lied.

I returned in vain

But that’s not the last I tried.

Don’t lose heart

That you couldn’t find her there.

Take a voyage across the pink seas,

Even if you dislike the sea fare.

The sea deters me not

For I love her above my fear.

I shall bring her back home.

Bring her back to love and care.

Oh how she craves for

Home and the shore.

There is nothing in this world

That she would want anymore.

I row for her.

I row for myself.

Her home, her solace.

I shall bring her back

Whatever I may have to brace.

Happiness wouldn’t wait,

So she rowed for it.

Oh how would the sun shine

If its hearth no one lit?

I found her rowing

Braving the seas.

Swimming against the tides ...

She now deserves dry land,

She now deserves peace.

She would be glad

To finally set foot on the lands.

What could finally be had

Was the clasp of warm hands.

Her hands I held

And brought her home.

To a warm fireplace

To freshly baked cakes and hot coffee

Freshly brewed for her, by me.

Coffee and cakes

And sweet winds in the air.

So good she makes ‘em

It’s not even fair.

She tasted not the food or drink,

She tasted love I think.

For the smile that she beamed

It was for a song that I sing.

She couldn’t help it.

It made her cry, that song.

The voices of her heart,

Which she hadn’t heard in long.

I wiped her tears

And she put her head on my lap ...

“No more tears my child!”

I said to her with many a loving pat.

In her lap she forgot her longings,

She was home,

That’s all she knew of things.

I lifted her and carried her to bed.

Tucked her under a blanket.

With love, with care

I kissed her head.

Little does she know

That she is never alone.

An angel guards her forever,

An angel that will never leave her lone.