The Place They Call Home
I take a step, and then again, to the place I have always known.
I think just once, (and not again), “yes, it is my home.”
I stop and stare, without a care, and wonder,
“What would happen if my house disappeared, my house for years?
Would I live in the streets, among all the heaps
of garbage and trash, without a stash of treasures I behold?”
I shake my head and think instead about the place I call home.
I get inside, rush to my room, and, instead, I assume that my family is home.
I hop in my chair with zero despair and think about what to do.
I let myself think and think, then all I think of is this:
“The people on the streets, among all the heaps,
with the garbage and trash, without a stash of all the things they treasure.
It must be cold, among all the mold, wondering “when will this end?”
I go for a walk all the way to the store, to the place most adore.
I bought some tents in the place that I went,
some blankets too, different colors like blue,
some big and some small, and I paid for it all.
I passed them all out, and went all about, making people happy.
Home is a place where some people play,
home is a place no one keeps away,
home is the world only you know.
It is the place we call home.