Where I Know I'm Home

Golden rays kiss dew-soaked ground

While birds greet the day with a melodious sound

I behold distant mountains, fair golden crowned

Beneath the azure dome

Early is the hour as I choose to rise

While cacophonous crickets cease their lullabies

The sun breathes new life into earth and skies

And brushes them polychrome

With jubilant steps, I enter the trees

Sheltered from the nipping cold morning breeze

The stillness a balm for my heart’s disease

Out where the wild things roam

Booted feet ache as I ascend ever higher

With sweat-dampened skin from the effort required

But nothing can stifle the burning desire

Freedom, sweet as honeycomb

What I wouldn’t give for one single chance

To lose myself in this glorious trance

Rushing water the music, a magnificent dance

As the mountain rapids foam

It’s in these moments that I’m sure

There’s no where I am more secure

Than here in nature’s sweet succor

And know that I am home