BEFORE THE BEGINNING



THERE once was a son
who thought he’d have fun
and decided
to go his own way


SO he packed up his bag
and saddled the stag
not knowing
he would go astray


SOME say his father
could no longer bother
and sent
his own son away


BUT here is the scoop
he just plain flew the coop
and thought he would see
a new day


SOME say his trouble
his father did funnel
the result
of his great dismay


BUT alas it’s not so
it’s the son
don’t you know
who created it on the way


THE son now decided
the place he resided
was nothing like
where he called home


BUT misfortune had bred
a terrible dread
for the guilt
he would have to atone


AS he walked up the path
he now saw at last
the place
from which he did roam


AND his father was there
with nary a glare
and declared to his son
WELCOME HOME