A Poem: What is Home?

What is Home?

By: Christine McFarlane

Home is the path

I have taken

To regain my identity

Discovering who I am

The place I take up in this universe

 And my very own body

Home

Is the path

That is a long and winding

Road

Gravelly

And rocky

Because its filled

With many challenges

Home

Is the wind that whispers

Around me, yet screams

If I hesitate or question

Myself

Doubting my capabilities

And what I can

Achieve

Home

Is the path

I have taken

And still undertake

To learn about myself

And those around me

It’s being able

To sit in silence

Or be at home 

Knowing that it is okay

To be alone

Home is the path

I have taken

Knowing that I am where

I am in life

And that it’s up to me

To be the change

I want to see in life

In order to be

Free

2012