We Went And Left A World Behind

When we venture into a world too big,

We often find that we leave things behind.

Things of value, things of great worth,

Things rooted deep into our hearts and mind.

We leave items we cannot bring along,

For the journey that we must take.

Leaving tiny treasures, gifts of love,

Things that we desperately wish to take.

The warm comfort of home is gone,

As we pitch our tent elsewhere.

A lost feeling resides in our hearts,

We lay here lacking love and care.

Love ones that never left our thoughts,

Love ones we shall not meet for long.

A bitter and thirsty longing to see them all,

A useless hopeful thought, an empty song.

We went and left a world behind,

A world familiar, a world we knew.

Our aspirations are far from complete,

The deeds we have done number too few.

We gaze back at the times we had,

We still have much we have not said.

Tears start to form a puddle at our feets,

We will watch the years go by as we wait.