I write the words of my heart
I don't know what they will be
I stand open
I let them come
I write the words of my heart
I send them out into the world
I wish they would come back
I wish they would touch another heart
Who would answer
Sometimes they do
But mostly not
Mostly I send my words out
Silence is the return
I wish they would come back
I raise my children with love
Someday they will go out into the world
We have forgotten community
We have forgotten to tell them to return
I raise my children with love
I will not forget to tell them
I want you to come back
You need to leave to grow
To be yourself
You are not grown
Until you can come back with love
I raise my children with love
I hunger already for their return
Before they have left