The Overwhelming Feeling of Home

I used to feel the
overwhelming feeling of home.

The feeling you get from a
place where you grew up.

Where you first did this and
you first did that.

Where you seem to know
everybody, everything,

and you knew every nook and
cranny of the town.

A place where you felt like
you were amongst your tribe.

Then comes a day when that
place can no longer be home.

Mother Nature makes you pay
the price for living in a bowl.

And you pick up and move on
and try to get back some normalcy.

You make frequent trips back
to try and find the home feeling.

But, it’s like the Benny
Grunch song, “Ain’t There No More.”

You live in a bigger city
now, a different kind of place,

and it has a lot of nice
things and different people to meet.

A place that just about has
everything except that thing you can’t

put your fingers on -

The overwhelming feeling of home.