The Long March Home

On the long march home
Where did our hearts wander
Did they travel far and near
Where the winds of insignificance
Play a celebration magnificance
And split us apart
On the long march home

On the long march home
Where did our tortured minds travel
Did they seek solitude behind shadows
Hiding, finding answers where no one knows
Where skies were ashen gray
Where the wind whipped through
And froze us where children play
On the long march home

On the long march home
Where were you, my love
Did you seek dreams far above
The havoc of this world
Where the onslaught of unacceptance
Tore and broke those dreams
And did you scream my name
As I did your's the same
On the long march home

On the long march home
Where were your tears so dear
Were they trapped inside you
Where none could find you
Where none could remind you
That one such as you
Wandered far and near
Hoping to find happiness
In your saddened caress
So weak from fighting this battle
I was there, waiting, searching for you
On the long march home

On the long march home
I missed you so much
To embrace you in my arms
To defend you as a knight
To keep you from those harms
I found you and held you
I kissed you and kept you
I cradled you and carried you
Though when arrows pierced my side
When the armies of chaos surrounded
And when you cried...
I miss you so much
I'm sorry I died
...I'm so sorry

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2004 October 8