COME BACK

There are winds that blow
in the cold winter night,
calling to those who have ventured
years too far from their family.

"Come back..." the wind beckons,
"Come back from that lonely night..
the fireplace is warm here,
there are faces and smiles..."

So cold is that wintery night,
that the stranger seriously considers it.
But he pushes his walking stave further into the snow,
and wanders into the night.
Trying to remember what he first left looking for.