I’ve been wandering through this world
Looking for an anchor to hold me…
Looking for a love that might free me…
I am looking to you, I am holding on to you.
~ Gungor, Wandering

I don’t know when it was I took my first steps.

Away.

But, I somehow left.

That beautiful place.

Where I once dreamed.

Of a little home for me.

Where I could feel the sunlight quietly rest on the floors touching my toes as I walk barefoot past the dining room.

Where I could peer out into the world through big, wide windows standing arms open in the living room.

Where I could see the grass lay down its carpet on the hills and turn shadows as morning rises out of the dawn.

I could make a turn into the bathroom and see white fluffy towels relaxed and still.  Where later that night I could wrap around me to keep the steam warm on my skin.

I could walk into the one room where my bed would be made, with a bowl of roses whose petals are softening to kiss the water set on a nightstand.

A Home

There, I could turn some pages.  I would read.

There, I could sit at my desk.  Pick up a pen.  Open my journal and write.  Maybe even sing.

I would lie down, look up at the ceiling and see the shimmer of a breeze blow through the leaves of a tall tree framing my bedroom view.

And if I got hungry, I know I could make my way to the kitchen. And there would be something sweet like strawberries.  Or soft like bread for my tummy.

And later, if I wanted to feel the wind and hear my breath out in the open, I could put on some socks, find my shoes, open the screen door and walk outside.

This isn’t a home I could give you the address to.

But, it’s a home nonetheless.

One we all carry resting inside each of us.

Still.

Warm.

Traced His Fingers

It’s where we go when we find ourselves…

To be continued…

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