Adventure Scrapes

Adventure Scrapes

 It’s late in the evening and I should be asleep suddenly I feel the weight of time

Pressing in on me - and these eyes

Will only close to blink.

You know I’m excited about what’s in store for you

But you’ve been a fixture here in my life too.

Decades now you been daily here with me

So now, as you go on

Carry on those hopes and dreams

Stretch those legs and spread those wings

Wherever you go carry the light,

Carry hope in to the night

And never lose sight of the way home.

You’ve been my boy, my son, my friend

A constant in these seas

And moving on you’ll take with you a piece of me

From here on out the adventure scrapes

Are more on the heart than on the skin

But often the adventure’s more than worth it in the end

So take a breath and press on

Often the hardest part is just to begin

Carry on those hopes and dreams

Stretch those legs and spread those wings

Wherever you go carry the light

Carry hope into the night

And never forget your way home

Someday, when you’re looking back

I hope you’ll be wiser than I could hope to be

Just know you’ll have me cheering you on

Whether I’m here or if I’m gone

So carry on those hopes and dreams

Stretch those legs and spread those wings

Wherever you go carry the light

Carry hope into the night

And never forget your way home

Because Home’s not a place you leave behind.  

Home’s not a place you leave behind.