Travellers Searching

Travellers Searching

by Angela Lansbury

I was always looking for another

I was searching for the perfect lover

Somebody else, that special somebody

But the secret of joy was down to me

My parents let me go said they were glad

I’d travel and see things they never had

Things were better when I wrote a letter

Only later I knew that they’d been sad

I thought that I had found the perfect lover

He said he’d leave his family for me

I promised I’d stay friends right to the end

But first I’d go home to my family

I knew my childhood home was the winner

I arrived just in time, one last dinner

My lover wasn’t cold but soon sick and old

My dreams of a new home were not to be

My childhood’s in this faded photograph

My parents are happy and we all laugh

I know that happiness is home all the while

So I smile at small children, wave and smile,

I sit contented in my rocking chair

I’m just happy to know carers are there

Work and the world’s riches don’t worry me

I’m happy with my friends and family..

Alternative ending

I chant, sing and rock endless in my chair

I gratefully grab carers who stand there

Work, rain and riches no longer knock me

My lottery win's friends and family.

-ends-

Copyright Angela Lansbury

2016 March 23rd

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