Prodigal Heart

My prodigal heart came home today.

I hardly knew what to say,

So strange to see it again.

I wanted to ask where it’d been

How it survived all these years.

But I found myself overwhelmed by tears

Rather than questions. Once made

Of stone, I long ago bade

It farewell as it went its way and

I went mine, numbly aware I could not stand

With this hardened friend

Nor could I spend

My entire life waiting to fall

In love without it. Sometimes I’d call,

I’d call in vain

In pain

For my heart to answer the desperate pleas.

I’d beg and often on my knees

For the walls to come down

So together my heart & I could drown

In that sea of emotions that come from giving

Completely, living

On trust and hope and belief

In the love of another. But no relief

Ever came; my heart was lost

While my world incessantly tossed

From one pretender to another.

No other

Magic could make real the illusion

That my soul truly had no confusion.

I existed alone

And had I known

It would take this long

To put the song

Back in my soul, I doubt

I’d be here to talk about

The contentment I once again feel.

Never again will my heart steal

Away.

Today

My heart’s lonely journey ended

As it arrived arm in arm with you, another heart befriended.