The striving to make this space familiar is paramount
until one day we recognize that the toxins around us
are temporary
The home we have created was purchased
through hours and hours of work
and online shopping
The house is rocked by wind we didn’t
create
Our family and friends move away
The chance to look beyond our mailbox is
a gift
Let us call it what it is –
a divine encounter
to traipse beyond the lawn
and see down the street
and across the other lawns
and in-ground pools
to the sky
and beyond