but do not misplace yourself,
it is easy to want to make a home
out of something good,
it is not always easy to recognize that
something good might not be
something that lasts
you move away sometimes,
you leave a place of comfort
into a jarringly unfamiliar neighbourhood
& it is okay to want to cry,
to want to go back into a home
that belongs to someone else now
but look, unpack your boxes
plug in the bedside lamp
home is wherever you choose
to put yourself down,
even if it is miles and miles away
from the people you love
and then home waits for you again
to return after a long day
& find shelter in it
