GOING HOME

THE DAYS FLEW BY ON THE ISLAND....I PAMPERED MY SELF WITH DRIED FISH AND SWIMS IN THE THERMAL WATERS.  THE MYSTERIES OF THE CAVE HAD NO INTRIGUE ANYMORE.  I WAS OLD AND TIRED AND DIDNT GIVE A HOOT ABOUT EVEN MORE BIZARRE THINGS....I LONGED FOR SOMETHING WHOLESOME AND THAT MADE SENSE.  THE LAST MONTHS OF MY LIFE WAS AN EXACERBATION OF MY WORLD..JUST CRAZY AND NON-CONNECTED.  DANIEL FINALLY CAME TO TAKE ME HOME...AND HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS.  HE SAID.."EVERY THING IS READY FOR YOU...COME!    HE SILENTLY SET THE SHIP DOWN ON ROSEMARY AVENUE IN THE WEE HOURS...ALL ASLEEP AND QUIET. HE ESCORTED ME INTO MY NEW HOME...IT WAS PERFECT...FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 26 YEARS, I FELT WHOLE...HE SHOWED ME AROUND THE HOUSE..EXPLAINED THINGS...ASKED ME IF I FELT WELL.....AND LEFT..JUST LIKE THAT...AFTER A CURIOUS EXAMINATION OF MY HOUSE AND THE OUTSIDE,  I FELT SO SLEEPY....WENT TO BED..TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS...AND...TOOK A SHORT STROLL TO LOOK AT MY HOUSE OF LONG AGO.  IT WAS VISIBLE IN THE DIM STREET LIGHT FROM ACROSS THE STREET...MOM AND DAD ASLEEP IN THEIR FRONT BEDROOM....ME, ASLEEP IN THE BACK BEDROOM...I COULD NOT HELP IT..I WALKED BAREFOOTED TO MY HOME...WENT TO BACK YARD...WALKED ACROSS DEWY GRASS...SAW THE TREES....SAW THE PLASTER DUCKS UNDER THE AVOCADO TREE...SAW THE LATHE HOUSE WHERE I HAD MY SECRET PLACES...SMELLED THE JASMINE,,,,SAW THE MOON SETTING BEHIND THE VERDUGO HILLS...SAW THE STARS...AND STARED AT MY BEDROOM WINDOW WHERE I, AS A TWELVE YEAR OLD WAS ASLEEP.....OH, GOD, THANK YOU FOR THIS VERY SPECIAL FAVOR YOU HAVE GRANTED...MAY I DO WELL AND BE A FREIND TO A VERY TROUBLED LITTLE BOY......ME.  (TO BE CONTINUED)