A Departure is an Arrival

Crickets and thunder are singing tonight,
Like warm Southern nights of my youth

It's hard to believe I've been into the sky
(O'er oceans and clouds to a city of crowds)
To a jewel in the East China Sea

Now across the Pacific I soon shall return
(O'er islands and clouds to my city of crowds)
Away from the land of my youth

I've tasted its waves from those far shores alone;
A place which I've found can be home.