Definitions of Home

We have evolved as time
will naturally have us do;
new paths, yet the same feet and
hearts passing through.
That poignant memory we didn't realize
would ebb on us, persistently
demanding we heed its calls.
You remind me of what I once was, and where
we once thought we would go.

How we have passed through frames
and fumbled with the seams of our lives,
forgetting and remembering - siblings, lovers, friends
as emotions suspended in time.
Remove your hat and lean upon the mantle,
kick your feet up and rest a moment upon the
ever-evolving soul. A package carried
through each circumstance -
at times half unwrapped, or tied tightly with string.

We mostly come undone when we are
at home with our surroundings. We take a
breath and extend our stories for laughing,
evoking, sharing in a gesture and embrace.
I breath in new nostalgia,
a definition of home.