Keep the Home Fires Burning

Poem for a prompt for a contest

The holidays are here, and I have put foot to shoe
I am on my way home
                            home to you
I know I've been gone a long time now
My promise is golden, this I vow
I won't have presents to wrap or cards that sing
I won't expect any of these, you are all I need
Time has not been kind, at least not to me
But I hope you still love me, and are more forgiving
I ache to see you, to be in your arms again
And that is where I will stay, until the end
So keep the home fire’s burning, burning bright and true
This Christmas will be the start of many others
                                                          many others with you

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