Shoes spilling around the doorway
Strewn about and kicked off at the foyer
Dismantled from the day’s adventure 
Backpacks and end-of-the-year papers 
Still remain where they were days earlier 
Work hours have grown later 
The sunshine is lingering 
Clinging low in the evening skies 
Honeysuckle filters through the morning air
The front door swings open
Like a saloon these days 
Cooling the great outdoors 
In the most unappealing ways
Summer has definitely arrived 
Cause everyone is always rushing 
With somewhere to go 
Some place to be 
Somebody to see 
That is…. 
Except for me 
I’m always here 
Waiting on the porch
Broom in hand 
Watching them come
But mostly…
Watching them go 
Waving goodbye 
Saying I love you’s
Sweeping my worries away 
Until they drive out of sight
Every day it’s the same
They grow bigger
Need me less and less
Leave more and more 
Goodbyes get shorter
Time moves slower
While their gone
I’m still right here waiting 
Leaving the light on 
To remind them 
They are the only 
Home I’ve ever known.