The Stay At Home Man

He never does yearn for places far away
In his old hometown with his aging local wife he is growing old and gray
Their children and grandchildren to them live near
The love of home to them remains ever dear

Even as a young man he never wished to migrate
To another Country or another State
He found love and happiness in the homeplace
Where to many his is a known and loved face

In the local pub by all liked and known
Where they do refer to him as one of our own
And though time on him it is beginning to tell
For one in his mid seventies he looks healthy and well

The wanderlust never in the stay at home man
Content in the town where his life's journey began
In the local cemetery the remains of his parents and grandparents lay
Where he and his wife will join them one day

The stay at home man happy in his homeplace
Where his is a known, loved and familiar face
The town where he raised his children with his devoted wife
His first and the only great love of his life.