Half a World Away

I’m half a world away from you

I’m half a world away

When we’re apart

Africa and the bush

Take you far

The lens, the story, the picture

Is your call

If I could hold you for a while

If I could would you stay mine?

I’m half a world away from you

The air where you film today

Is filled with death

The animals in the jungle

Have no wings

The phone in the hotel room

Never rings

How can I complain

I cannot speak

When the plane comes in

To touch the ground

Children lift their heads to hear that sound

You wear a hero’s badge upon your chest

My heart just slightly swollen from this test