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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