Back home

• Hamish Kerr, Grade 10
• Short Story
• 2004

Desperately dying and secretly trying
To find his way back home
With weakened heart he will not start
On his journey home alone

A wretched longing is steadily forming
It will slowly infect his weak inside
Courage he lacks to start the journey back
From home he ambivalently hides

As time flies by he slowly dies
And he kisses his waning dream good bye
But while staying alive he can still always strive
To find his way back home