by Betty Jo Petty

Created on: December 16, 2009   Last Updated: May 14, 2012

Gone in the shadows,

some distance away....

Longing for something

who knows how to say?

Life can be difficult, even hard at times,

no mother to run to, so where could I go?

Going to friends, a daughter will do.

Break out of the pattern built on many years.

Going back home was one of my fears.

Where could I go?  There's only one place.

To have and to  hold, doesn't mean disgrace.

Leaving was meant, but after all this, all I can say is,

I'm back and it's fate.  

Looking back I can see, being back

means, maybe it's not too late.

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