Home

Where is home? she asked.
And we struggled to define it.
We'd traveled too far.
We were spread too thin.

But do you remember? she said.
We all nodded and laughed.
As we ate food that wasn't special
But it was, because it's what
We ate when we came together.
We talked about the time when...
And told our children
So they too would know,
While our parents leaned back
Smiling at memories as
A new generation learned
Family stories that made us
Who we are, made us laugh,
And got repeated every year.

We found shelter in those stories
Unmatched by any roof or walls,
A shelter called home.