Chester~ An Anthology

Where My Heart Is

Since home is where the heart is

My home is far away                                                                                                                         

My heart is in the meadow

Where I shed tears and lay

I left it there

On rough damp ground

Among bird berries and fern

To don my life jacket

And ride the Gator to the wharf

I'm with my heart

A few weeks each year

From late June to mid July

And I am complete

The air is sweet

Although it's salty and moist

I run and laugh and play

With my cousins

And we revel in every new day

Whether the sun is hot and we become fish

Or it's freezing and wet

So we pile in the car and get Timmy's

We like our Tim's

As burn-your-mouth cocoa

And a box of vanilla dip donuts

And I like my hair

When it's knotted with salt

On the boat, blowing 'round my shoulders

On the first of July

We go to the Legion

And the neighbors say "The Lindsays are here!"

We wait for a while

And they give us a seat

French Toast for me

And I'd love a cup of tea

With plenty of sugar and cream

And when we leave

In mid July

They pull me into the car

While I cry

And we drive up the Cove

Over potholes and gravel

On this old road

As the grey sky cries 

'Cause I leave

But once we're on the highway

When tears pool in my lap

The sky splits open

And golden light shines

Through raindrops on our windsheild

And it could be from Angus

Or Heika and Gretel

Or Nur and Ethel

Or all

But I know it's from Chester

And all those who love it

And it says 

"Good bye"

And

"We love you"