Longing To Be Home Poem by Karen Degnan-foiles

Longing to feel the sun on my face
Wanting to be in my favorite place

Yearning to smell the manure in the fields
Learning to love it wasn't a big deal

Aching to sleep in the leaves of fall
Making the sound of the cattle call

Gazing the stars from my rooftop at night
Amazed with their beauty my very first site

Feeling the feathers tickle my palms
As I pet the chicks, I feel so calm

Running through the fields, refusing to yield
Forced to stop, when Gramma yells to peel

I love watching Gramma make our favorite meal
She sings and hums through the whole ordeal

How I miss the warmth of home
Since I left, since I've grown

You can't go back to relive what once was
But you can sense it when you think of home