Far Off Sort of Homesick

I'm homesick for faraway places

For cities and skylines to get lost in

For endless bridges full of lights

And darkness held back by the life carrying on into the night

I'm longing for the chatter and bustle

For the smells and sounds of hustle

And hurried feet and trampled toes

I miss the endless interests

The countryside and wilderness

The dreams and love of loneliness

A hopeful sort of cloudiness

That keeps you wanting to return

To explore, wander and learn

Of pasts and histories

I'm homesick for a far of place

Somewhere my heart was left

I needn't bring it back with me

Only,

Leave a Promise

Of a longing loneliness

In a populated wildness

A city full of lights

And love

And life