Leaving Home

we gathered up our worldly goods
 stole off in the dark as quickly as we could
 you were quieting the baby down
 when we came to the dock on the outskirts of town
 and looking back we saw china shrinking to the size of a coin
 and then we saw water everywhere
 when we climbed on board
 they tied our things together with electrical cord
 and then we set sail
 as we held on tight to the cold iron rail
 and I apologize but I don't know what I love more
 you next to me there or the receding shore
 we stood there in the cold
 and the baby was six months old
 we were passing him back and forth
 when a cold familiar wind came down from the north
 and looking back we saw china shrinking to the size of a coin
 and then we saw water everywhere