Where the Heart Is
                       Copyright 2008 Naomi Rivkis

My grandmother came from Odessa
Walked across Europe to get to the sea
She sailed the Atlantic in winter
To the place where my grandfather said he would be.

She pushed through the crowd at the dockside to reach him
He swung her up high and he kissed her sweet smile
He said as they walked through the loud foreign city,
"This may become home, but it could take a while."


    But she just shook her head at the strain in his eyes,
    Said, "I followed my heart, and the heart never lies.
    I will never forget how I loved my own land
    But we'll make a true home in the place where we stand
    Because home is wherever you reach for my hand."

I was born to the lights of Manhattan,
Knew the pulse of the subway too deeply to speak
Your spirit was bound to the mountains
And I loved you before I had known you a week.


I drove all alone through the high plains and prairies
To the warmth and the wit that had struck my heart through;
You smiled as you showed me your forests and flowers
But your eyes held the question my grandfather knew.


    But I said, "I will learn to love wide western skies
    For I followed my heart and the heart never lies.
    I will never forget how I love my own land
    But I'll make a true home in the place where I stand
    Because home is wherever you reach for my hand."

The water kept rising unnoticed,
A little bit higher and wilder each year
Came a time when we couldn't deny it:
That our home in the hills would too soon disappear

We saved all our money and spoke to the children,
Signed up with these colonists heading for space,
Now we hold the kids high: a last look out the window,
You watch the Earth fade through the tears on your face


    And I can't speak illusions, the pain to disguise
    But we've brought our hearts here and the heart never lies.
    We will never forget how we love our own land
    But our family's together through starlight or sand
    And home is wherever we reach for your hand.



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