Home or Away?
(On Leave or Leaving?)
Going abroad
For a couple of weeks
Bit of sun and sea
Chilling out by the beach
Going abroad
Forced by bullet and bomb
Endless roads and uncertainty
What did we do wrong?
Can't wait to get away
From the daily grind
Bit of rest and relaxation
Leave all our troubles behind
Don't want to leave my
City, country, business, family, friends, home
But the journey to a new life begins
Escaping a war zone
Looking forward
To some tasty foreign food
Cheap beers and overindulgence
Well, not to - that would just be rude
Looking ahead is hard
What challenges and risks lie in wait
Day after day mile after mile
Leaving behind violence fear and hate
I'll top up my tan
Read a book, unplug the phone
Two weeks to de-stress
And I'll be sad to go home
Because home is reality
Routine, work, bills, stress
Until 2 weeks same time next year
Getting away from it all,
Yeah, leaving home for a while is the best
A new life we seek in
A country alien, a distant time zone
New life, culture, language, possibilities, renewed hope
But it will never be home
Because home no longer exists
In the rubble ruin and dust
And the broken streets and broken faces
And a place you can no longer recognize
And people you can not trust
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We all travel, yet every journey has a different purpose and destination. Some joyous, some painful.
