“If the day is over, I don’t wanna go…I don’t wanna go…I don’t wanna go.”
Music and lyrics by Hadassah Grace
“If the day is over, I don’t wanna go…I don’t wanna go…I don’t wanna go.”
Music and lyrics by Hadassah Grace
Another filled up, worn-out suitcase, another crossed off day—
Tomorrow I’ll again be going a million miles away.
I know someday I’ll return, but I know it won’t be the same
Because that’s just how it’s always worked in the traveler’s game:
Always moving; always settled; I don’t fit in; I belong—
Trying to blend in but always doing someone’s culture wrong.
I love the memories; I’m going to hold them close and dear.
Farwell, the ticket says I’ve got to leave, so goodbye to here.
Goodbye to every face I’ve come to love.
Hello to familiar skies above.
Goodbye to what I’ve learned so I can blend.
Hello to strange customs that are my friend.
I face it all with no and every fear.
Hello to over there; goodbye to here.
I go through the familiar airport procedures and routines
Until it’s my turn to get into that big flying machine.
As I take off, I watch everything below grow so small,
And I can’t believe that again I’m leaving behind it all.
Trying not to cry even though I’ve got memories to keep.
Trying to keep myself entertained and then just fall asleep.
Trying not to laugh as I get excited about what’s ahead.
Trying to trust that we follow where God has faithfully led.
Goodbye to every face I’ve come to love.
Hello to familiar skies above.
Goodbye to what I’ve learned so I can blend.
Hello to strange customs that are my friend.
I face it all with no and every fear.
Hello to over there; goodbye to here.
I can’t imagine life for those who always live in one place,
Knowing what they’ll do each day and recognizing every face.
One mind, one tongue, one heart, one life, one home, one land where they live.
They say I sacrifice, but there’s more than what you see me give.
Maybe I can’t define home or use one speech to tell how I feel,
But I know I’ve come to love this world in a way much more real.
Someday maybe I’ll settle in a place most people call home,
But my heart still won’t understand why I can’t forever roam.
Goodbye to every face I’ve come to love.
Hello to familiar skies above.
Goodbye to what I’ve learned so I can blend.
Hello to strange customs that are my friend.
I face it all with no and every fear.
Hello to over there; goodbye to here.
by Katrina P. Puckett
by Parker Deal
And I will wait for you
until you tell me not to
And I will wait for you
until you tell me not toI’ll wait for you
So let’s not
talk about the good times now
talk about the good times now
Let’s wait until
we’re ready for tomorrow.So let’s not
even talk about how
you got here and
we got here;
I got here.And I will wait for you.
I’ll put on the plate
all I can offer, all I can do.And I will wait for you.
I’ll put on the plate
all I can offer, all I can do.I write not of tragedy
but a story to be told,
story to be told.I write not of you and me
but a story that is old,
that is old.We’ll devise,
we’ll devise –
write the nicest thing
I could offer up.And I will wait for you
I’ll wait for you
until you tell me not to.And I will wait for you
I’ll wait for you
until you tell me not to.And I will wait for you
I’ll wait for you
until you tell me not to.And I will wait for you
I’ll wait for you.So let’s not
even talk about where you’ve been.
I’ve been staying up all night
looking out the window,
looking for you
running home.Run back, son, to that home
It’s the only place with open arms,
open arms waiting for you.And I say
tell me the truth.
That you’ll come and see
the ones that don’t have you,
don’t have you.And I will wait
to tell you the truth.
That you’ll come and see
but what I don’t have,
I don’t have you.I will wait.
I will wait.
I will wait, will wait.
I will wait for you.I will wait.
I will wait.
I will wait, will wait.
I will wait for you,
will wait for you.And I will wait for you.
I’ll wait for you
until you tell me not to.
bright splashes of sound and smell laugh
in my face as I drag
a finger through the dusty residue of last night’s
dreams
thoughts reaching eagerly for the edge of our windowsill
voices ring through my sister’s room and
small feet
chase the goats of Rue 3
I stick out my tongue because the air
is warm and salty and I
am glad to be alive
my feet find their way to the kitchen
and I smile up at a dripping face
“here”
I wriggle my hips into the skirt held out for me
stiff
with the sun and wind of Harmattan
the trucks begin to arrive
shouting hello to the watchman and we run
bare feet slapping across the cement, skidding
to a stop in the sudden sand
as I sneak a look behind me
before ducking through the doors
whip the willow
is new for us but the music
is already in our veins
so we listen our way into the patterns on the floor
rhythm
pulling the room in dizzy circles
lock elbows and spin faster
crooked
grin
we could dance
all night
later
the roof is a breathless
purple
leaning out over the courtyard, the moon
is nowhere to be found
quiet footsteps
pad on the stairs
I turn around and you point
so we look up at the sky and
pick a star to wish on
…
an alarm clock rings in the distance
my eyes fly open
groping for the mosquito net
and I turn my face towards the window, but there’s a wall
instead
confused snow
drifting quietly
to the ground outside
a new window
over there
I am lost and this must be
Minnesota
by Kekelime
we are done writing
for this summer
our words
trickled out in cautious hope
as she wove the squirrels into our story
and he stood, refusing to let another person leave.
I traced the interstate with two fingers
in the misty glass, and
again in the small oval that was my window
three planes later
I’m rolling down a mountain on my hands and
knees
a small red dot waits on my screen.
sleep well, banana.
by Kekelime