What I forgot this time

When I come again

I will bring with me

what I own —

It fits nicely into my frame,

I don’t need to hold it in my hands

or have it weigh down my pockets.

I will bring with me what I own:

I own this place —

Well, I own the right

to offer home

to anyone who’s here —

Home in my gravity,

home in my mass

and the certainty

of the right of everyone

in this place

to feel at home.

©Wendy Mulhern

October 20, 2013