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LETTERS BACK HOME


I just arrived down here to earth
Met both my parents at my birth
I do not think words could describe
The excitement that I feel inside
To live this life you gave to me
To be the things that I can be
I see so much beauty here
The love it is so crystal clear
It almost feels just like a dream
The ones where real is what it seems
I’ll get busy with my work to do
Since the years I have are just a few
I hope you write before I’m done
Talk to you soon, I gotta run

Was my first day of school today
The kids didn’t seem to want to play
I’m not sure what I did wrong
But we just don’t seem to get along
I just wanted to have some fun
But when I showed up they all were done
It kinda hurt but that’s alright
Made me feel better to sit and write
Did you get my last letter home?
I know it sorta turned into a poem
Hope to hear back from you soon
I’ll be waiting here down in my room

Hey I know it’s been quite a while
Hope my two letters brought you a smile
I’ve grown a little and in high school now
I met a girl to give my vows
Spent a year planning our lives
But then she up and left one night
I thought love was so simple, Dad
So why did this turn out so bad?
Surely she feels what I feel too
This love inside that came from You
Not sure how I can move on from this
So I wrote back home because it’s what I miss
Please write me back when you can
I trust you have a perfect plan

It’s me your son again this time
All these years have been such a climb
Countless folks have done me wrong
They lied and stole what does not belong
And many women who made bold claims
Took what I gave and just played games
I thought we came here to give love?
The kind that comes from up above
So why is life down here so hard?
People live it without regard
This isn’t the way it was supposed to be
I know that you, Dad, would agree
The pain down here is very great
The letters I wrote back home they must be late
I hope they reach you pretty quick
Without you here I’m getting sick

Endless suffering and no end in sight
Every single day is always a fight
My whole life I’ve been so alone
Why did I keep writing letters back home?
You never responded to the things I said
So I thought the letters went unread
But after someone broke my heart again
It made sense why you never penned
Going alone was the entire reason
To test our hearts in every season
To give the love we always knew
Without your help to lean into
When those who forgot from where they came
Hold our feet unto the flame
The trueness of our souls revealed
To find out what we are is real
That plan is enough for me
So I’ll just have to wait and see
What you would have wrote while I was gone
Until I’m done and get back home
So long for now I’m off to bed
Tomorrow I have a long road ahead

Earth, Milky Way