HOMEPLACE by Rickie Zayne Ashby

My homeplace is not across the sea

The land is my abode

No search for El Dorado

Seeking in vain

While growing old and lame

I do not destroy

To awaken new dreams

Roads not taken

I do not fret

I heal what I have

Prosper in place

Content with less

For it is more

Not frustrated with futile desires

Nor unrealistic dreams

The land touches my heart

I need not wander

Or stray from home

The land is my abode

I need not exploit

---To fulfill my dreams

Rickie Zayne Ashby is retired and lives near Bowling Green, Kentucky. He is the author of three books, including Walton’s Creek, Land of Our Fathers Volumes I and II