Not Quite Home

I’ve come to where I thought was home,

five hours along the interstate, one afternoon —

Electric lights, and lights of our belonging

circle, not quite settled, in my mind

It feels like parts of us

that should be home

are not yet here —

Points of future that our thoughts took flight on,

Points of intention waiting to be filled,

Points of departure for our next adventure

not finding stillness in this quiet house

We need a bigger circle,

one that holds these all,

to lasso  all these points of thought

and bring them home,

to focus them in unity

and make them strong

enough to hold the weight

of our endeavor. 

©Wendy Mulhern

March 15, 2015