Home alone, I was bound. <br />Not sure of the way to go. <br />Saw a light at distance, <br />Way it was, I felt a hope. <br /> <br />But as I neared it, <br />It seemed to go farther away. <br />Dejected, hurt I felt. <br />But decision to go, never swayed. <br /> <br />On and on, I went. <br />Hoping to reach home soon. <br />Keeping the light as a beacon, <br />I would have followed it, even to moon. <br /> <br />At last I saw it, <br />My home, my sweet home. <br />Waiting at the door for me, <br />Where my own.<br /><br />Bharat Iyer<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/homeward-bound-2/