The light hits the window but does not enter
As though to say, “You are not welcome.”
The room not quite dark
Not quite cold
There is no home here
The walls hold no memories
The table bears no love
The hard encasing provides cover
But this is no shelter
Life once lived here
But the echoes of what once was
Reverberate no longer
Still it stands
To touch the walls beckons no ghosts
Yet you look around still
What was lost here
Never existed here
What was housed here
Never lived here
This place was never a home
But an empty shell
It was never meant for you
For the life you lived
The love you felt
The comfort you had
Resided in a place you never thought to look
You never lived here
You never grew here
You never learned here
You did not find strength here
You did not know love here
But yet you had all of these things
Your life was in abundance
Of the good heartache
Of the rightful challenges
Of the happy tears
And the overwhelming love
You found life
And life found you
It’s been there all along
In another home
No
Not another
Your forever home
It’ll be there
Waiting
And one day
You’ll be ready
You will
Be ready
