Edmonton
A part of me always flies away
Each year when the north winds blow
That part of me longs for warmer climes
With the impending threat of snow
It isn’t at all that I don’t love this land
And all she gives to me
I just want to feel the gentle hand
Of warm west winds and the sea
And so each year I save and save
And it is truly worth each sacrifice
Then for a few precious weeks I leave my cave
For the wide Pacific for a lofty price
There really is nowhere like Hawaii
With her surrounding deep blue waters
I hope those islands last a million more years
And is there for all our sons and daughters
But once one has left this frozen rolling plain
For some reason they dream only of returning
There is something that always makes me come back again
Some deep kind of loneliness and yearning
Perhaps it is the crystal sky and stars
A thousand million out each night
Shining, pulsing Venus and Mars
Undulating sheets of northern lights
Either way I can’t leave my home for long
Even for my beloved deep blue ocean
At least I return renewed, refreshed
From a little travelling motion
It’s hard to say what keeps me here
When the tropics treat me so well
Maybe I am doomed to serve
In this summer paradise; winter hell
Leif Gregersen
November 7, 2014
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