"Your Way Home"

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“Your Way Home”

When all the bread crumbs they had scattered in the wood

had been eaten by a bird

Lost and hungry, the tired children stood

In this dark and lonely place... only fear could be heard

They whispered to each other:

I know the path is here - even though we cannot see

I know we will be Home soon - I know we can be free

Then through the woods a sweet smell drew the children

A house a gingerbread lined with all the candy they could eat

And a needy creature to draw them in

A place to rest their feet

But soon the children found

The creature wasn’t what it claimed to be

And as it went to push them down

The children pushed it into its own pit and were free

The held each other and cried:

I know the path is here - even though we cannot see

I know we will be Home soon - I know we can be free

A knock came at the door...

The children were afraid and felt alone

They had faced so much, how could they find strength to stand to more

But their father had sent a messenger to find them and lead them Home

In the light of the sun the messenger said with confidence: 

I know the path is here - even though we cannot see

I know we will be Home soon - I know we can be free

The children stepped outside the gingerbread walls

And saw in the distance... little puffs of a chimneys smoke

Home was just a little way from their desperate calls

The messenger walked with them and smiled as they spoke

As they arrived the father ran

with tears in his eyes

and a new life then began 

filled with wonder and surprise

LN Maher

©1999 Echoes of The Lion’s Roar (10/05)