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Date Posted: 18:53:33 04/24/03 Thu
Author: J. T.
Subject: Chapter Twenty-Four: Closer To Home

I wasn't sure of the time as I flew back over the Atlantic towards Dalton, this time with Star-chan in my arms...

"Isn't there some kind of in-flight entertainment on this flight?"

Women... Fall in love with them and you never get a moment's rest.. YES!

Then I thought of my Uncle Mark's favorite song, one he got me hooked on that fit the situation, and began singing...

"~~Everybody, listen to me,
And return me, my ship.
I'm your captain, I'm your captain,
Although I'm feeling mighty sick.

I've been lost now, days uncounted,~~"

I had to think, that was kinda true, during the days I hadn't been able to spend any time with Jes, I had felt depressed...

"~~And it's months since I've seen home.
Can you hear me, can you hear me,
Or am I all alone?~~"

Alone...? I had to give a slight sad smile as I sang that line, it was true I had been alone most of my life. I'd been the kind of person that becomes a MSTer almost from birth, and that's not always conductive to friendships... or relationships...

Maybe it's the name...

I mean, I've only had two romantic relationships and I'm not even sure the first one could be considered as such since we were in second grade.

It's gotta be the name. First it was Jessica Allred, and then I found my soulmate in Jessica Nave, my sweet Jen-chan...

"~~If you return me, to my home port,
I will kiss you, Mother Earth.
Take me back now, take me back now,
To the port of my birth.~~"

Dalton...
Born in Hamilton Medical Center, raised fifteen minutes north in Cohutta...
No matter where I go, I always want to come back to Dalton...
But I want to come back... ... ...
With Jes by my side...

"~~Am I in my cabin dreaming, or are you really scheming,
To take my ship away from me?

You'd better think about it, I just can't live without it.~~"

Except the it I can't live without isn't a ship...
It was love, I was addicted.
And I kept singing while I thought...

"~~So, please don't take my ship from me.
Yeah, yeah, yeah...

I can feel the hand, of a stranger,
And it's tightening, around my throat.
Heaven help me, Heaven help me,
Take this stranger from my boat.

I'm your captain, I'm your captain,
Although I'm feeling mighty sick.
Everybody, listen to me,
And return me, my ship.

I'm your captain, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm your captain, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm your captain, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I'm your captain, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm getting closer to my home...
I'm getting closer to my home...
I'm getting closer to my home...
I'm getting closer to my home...
Ohhhh...

I'm getting closer to my home...
I'm getting closer to my home...
I'm getting closer to my home...
I'm getting closer to my home...~~"

When I finished singing, I looked down in the distance at Dalton, "The one I love and the place I grew up... ~~I'm getting closer to my home...~~"

I'm getting closer to my home...

(Note: The song I sing herein is Closer To Home, by Grand Funk Railroad.)

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