Home To Me

The porch swing creaks in the wind The sweet smell of gooey, melty, chocolate chip cookies Drawing up fantast maps, castles and forests Our dining room table - part of a recycled bowling alley floor Baking our own birthday cakes Learning how to bike on the pavement in our backyard Eating popsicles while dangling our feet off the porch Where everyone is happy and jubilant Playing hide-and-seek in our many plants Cheeks rosy from being outside Hot chocolate after playing in our backyard Being a monster and chasing my sister about Telling my sister tales of knights and princesses unicorns and dragons Looking behind the tree to make sure there weren't anymore presents Reading a book under a blanket Feeling safe and warm Making up art projects for my sister and I Slipping notes under the door when we were fighting Being a "construction worker" while helping my dad fix our broken deck