Parents & pets were my first playmates.
Alone at airports, last goodbyes. Concerns of others nice & comforting, but still alone.
Trains on the track, can't turn back, when you coming home, sweet mama?
I got to their house and she was asleep. She woke up and was not really awake. She said, "I'm back" several times, like she was waking up from a dream, and I sat on the edge of the bed and said, "I'm back too, Mama, and she looked up and saw me for the first time. It was the sweetest smile of recognition I've ever had. It reminded me of one of the kids at night when they wake up from a bad dream, but it was somehow sweeter. She said, I asked for you, and you came. She said I was her favorite, I said I win! With no competition, it was easy!
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