Going Home Poems By Lynn Barany I want to visit my parent's home That sits beside the river. I want to sleep in that special room, Where the photos were framed in silver. I want to sit in the kitchen At that table made of oak. I will drink coffee with my Dad, And laugh at all his jokes. I want to do some shopping, Just Mom and I alone. She will say "Hello" to folks, And "look who just came home". I will go and visit my Uncle, And he will make me smile. With all his latest gossip, Now this may take awhile. That home is someone else's now, I can't visit anymore. I will never sit on their veranda, Nor have a key to the front door. Everything has changed for us, Dad is no longer here. But when I walk along the river, I know that he is near. What I would give to go back there To see the boats cruise by. Oh please Dear God would you hold me, Please hold me while I cry.

Hi, Thank you for coming to my poetry site. I hope you've enjoyed reading my poems and will come back again to this humble poet's home -- Island Poetry. Every poem is original and is derived from my daily encounters, thoughts, experiences, relationships and contacts with family, loved ones, friends, nature, the world and people at large. My poetry is simple, uncomplicated, straight-forward and honest coming from the heart, soul, a spiritual presence and obviously God -- Her/Himself. Thus, once the idea and first line of a poem "pops" into my head, the balance of my poems "arrive to me" more or less complete requiring only my immediate and total attention and focus in its writing down, with minimal additional work or effort thereafter. While belonging to the International Society of Poets, I have also been fortunate to have had the support and publication of many of my poems by local community newspapers, faith groups, charitable organizations, and in various anthologies published by the National Library of Poetry and catalogued in the U.S. Library of Congress - Publication Data ISBN 1-56167-256-4 I now live on lower Vancouver Island, off the Canadian west coast. Although originally from the Canadian province of Ontario, I have over the years also lived in the province of Manitoba, as well as Germany. Once again thank you for reading my work, hope you enjoyed and found it relevant also to your own experiences of the living, loving and challenges of everyday life. I truly would appreciate and love to hear from anyone with comments, critiques, suggestions or what-have-you. Email Me - lynnbarany@islandpoetry.com Regards, Lynn Barany (Hanna)