The Lost Soul's Journey Home

As I wander, lost, and all alone

Searching for a place to call home

I find a fleeting glimpse of happiness

Somewhere I can call my true nest

I bunker down and make some friends

Yet before long, the happiness ends

Itchy feet and a lost soul

I long to escape this home, this hole

Like a bird trapped in a cage

The fire inside me grows with fear, with rage

I can’t see, I can’t breathe

I’m suffocating, I long to leave

I fly away, I spread my wings

So liberating, yet the goodbye stings

The search for home begins again

But the price we must pay for freedom is pain

A nomad at heart in a world full of homes

Is it my destiny to be alone?

I climb the highest mountain, brimming with ice and snow

Unsure if this is home, or which way I need to go

I sail the seven seas, through wind and rain and shine

But cannot seem to find a home that I can truly call mine

I visit bustling cities, full of life and zest

Yet more than ever, here, I am a lost soul with no nest

I find an island paradise, perfection it would seem

The whitest sands, the bluest ocean, the most beautiful sunset ever seen

The perfect place, pristine and free

Yet still not home, how can this be?

After searching the planet for a home

Across bustling lands and lands remote

I conclude that home is neither hot nor cold

Neither bustling, remote, new or old

It resides in an organ deep inside

Hidden away in a place it can hide

It cannot be seen yet it shines so bright

It sings and it dances with all of its might

I listen in, I go deep within

And now I hear its sound and rhythm

Home is where the heart is, and you are already here

Home is where the heart is, there is nothing to fear