- julia a yancey
home [part one]
i am my home
i have painstakingly built these walls
this kitchen
this living room
it is i who tend the gardens
who polishes the spoons
i am my home
when nothing else is
when i feel alone
and helpless
i am my home
i have put up drywall
and punched it full of holes
and sat
and let water damage set in
before stripping it all bare
and starting again
i am my home
i am my comfort
the warm fuzzy blankets on the couch
the warm fuzzy socks on the ground
i
am my
home
do not take an invitation lightly
it took a long time to start giving tours
let alone a dinner party
please
be gentle with your fingerprints
on the piano and the hearth
and gods, please keep them away from my heart
that room isn't finished
it's still quite
broken
but
it's home
