I Can't Help but Wonder

Telemachus: Father?

Odysseus: ... Son!

Telemachus: All my life, I'd have died to meet you. Thought about your name so much it hurts. For twenty years, I'd dreamt of how I'd greet you. Oh, and now you're here. I can't find the words. All my life, I'd have died to know you. Days and nights I wish that I could show you. For twenty years, I never could outgrow you! Oh, and now you're here. I can't help but wonder what your world must be. If we're like each other, if I have your strength in me. All this time I've wondered if you'd embrace me as your own. Twenty years, I've wandered. For so long, I've felt alone.

Odysseus: Oh my son, look how much you've grown. Oh my boy, the sweetest joy I've known. Twenty years ago, I held you in my arms. How time has flown, oh. Used to say I'd make the storm clouds cry for you. Used to say I'd capture wind and sky for you. Held you in my arms prepared to die for you, oh, how time has flown! I can only wonder what your world has been. Things you've had to suffer, and the strength you hold within. All I've ever wanted was to reunite with my own. Twenty years, we've wandered, but today, you're not alone. My son, I'm finally home!

Telemachus: Father, how I've longed to see you!

Odysseus: Telemachus, I'm home!

Telemachus: Home!

Odysseus: Go, tell your mother I'm home. I'll be there in a moment.

Telemachus: Of course!