There's No Place I'd Rather Be

There’s No Place

There’s no place I’d rather be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ok8hJZFzhM

(this is to the tune of the above song. The melody that this poem is written to go with starts at 20 seconds into the video and goes till 1:25)

I am twelve whole hours from comfort,

A concrete road is all I see.

But I know that when we get there,

There’ll be no place I’d rather be.

I would wait forever,

Just to see that hickory tree.

In the driveway of your cabin,

Where I can be so wild and free.

With every breath I take,

From the dock out on the lake.

Floating so lazily

The breeze blows through the trees,

The birds sing melodies

Here I can truly be

All my worries are gone; it’s amazing,

5 whole days of prime relaxation

Do whatever I want, it’s vacation

If I’m in Michigan, there’s no place I’d rather be.

~ S. Rae