You left
before you left, you know--
and couldn't know how far you'd gone
or how far you'd need to go--
packed up the Spirit and Truth
of your youth,
hid them behind your 80-proof,
spent all your time
with Jack* and Jim** and Mary Jane***
always trying, always failing
to forget from whence you came.
This time the leaving
has brought you back home.
How far you'd gone...
How far you've come!
*Jack Daniels
** Jim Beam
***Marijuana
