I am Home

When your days
Slip down that filthy drain

Do not go with them

Do not forget
To look back

And decode
The faces
Of those who stand

As a mirror
To your smiles
And tears.

When your heartbeat
Slows down

When your limbs
Turn jelly

When you brain
Journeys
To its last tether

And you see red
All around you

Do not shut your eyes
And wait to cross over

Do not forget
To turn back
And look

Do not refuse
To step out

In search
Of home

In your world of dreams

You are marooned

At the center
Of a shadow

You heed not the call 

Of a silent crier

Who's tears leak
Through your roof
At midnight

When your days
Are full of night

When your nights
Are further eclipsed

When your prayers
Echo back
Into your ears

And the smell
Of carrion
Invades
Your nostrils

Do not burn out
Your senses
And wait
To cross over

Do not forget
To turn back
And look

And my love,
Please..

Do not fail to see,

That
I am home.