Home Again

As I awaken this morning

I hear my mother’s voice

I smell breakfast cooking

And feel a warm sea breeze 

My grandmother comes into the bedroom

Telling me to get out of bed

It is time for breakfast

And then I can go out and play

I turn to the window and see my old friend

Mr. Prince working in the yard

In the distance I see my rope swing

It is spring and I am ten years old again

A light fills the room

A voice from within the light tells me,

“This is the place and time

You were the happiest

This is where you will spend forevermore

It is your reward”

My heart fills with joy as I get out of bed

For a day of playing in the sun

 With my family and friends

That came here before me

Thank you, Lord

For bringing me home again

To live forevermore